necropolitics
The relationship between sovereignty and power over life and death.
uncountable
The idea of a supreme power which monopolizes legitimate violence is as much about limiting and restraining ‘necropolitics’ as it is about engaging in it.
Where it comes from
From necro- + politics, coined by Cameroonian philosopher and political scientist Achille Mbembe.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry necropolitics (CC BY-SA 4.0).