Theorist

Achille Mbembe

1957–present Postcolonial / critical theory
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Details

Nationality
Cameroonian

Classifications

Holder
Individual
Source of authority
Reason
Subject
Human centred
Political position
Subaltern resistant
Mode of transmission
Text drawing
Knowledge type
Propositional
Epistemic cluster
Western philosophicalAfrican

Notes

[DRAFT] Cameroonian philosopher and political theorist. His concepts of the 'postcolony' and 'necropolitics' — the power to dictate who may live and who must die, including through the organisation of space and infrastructure — extend Foucauldian biopolitics to the colonial and postcolonial condition.

Sources

  1. Achille Mbembe. Necropolitics. Duke University Press, 2019.
  2. Achille Mbembe. On the Postcolony. University of California Press, 2001.

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Achille Mbembe." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/achille-mbembe/. Accessed July 17, 2026.