English

Noun

necropolitics ‎(uncountable)

1. The relationship between sovereignty and power over life and death.
   • 2007, Mitchell Dean, chapter 8, in Governing societies: political perspectives on domestic and international rule, ISBN 0335208975, page 148:

     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.

Derived terms

• necropolitical

Related terms

• biopower
• necropolis