Necropolitical constructions of happiness, COVID-19 and higher education
Journal article
Keval, H. and Wright, T. 2021. Necropolitical constructions of happiness, COVID-19 and higher education. Critical Studies on Security. 9 (2), pp. 169-173. https://doi.org/10.1080/21624887.2021.1978644
Authors | Keval, H. and Wright, T. |
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Abstract | This piece provokes discussions about the pathological performativities of COVID-19, the British state and UK higher education. We argue that despite the apparent disconnectedness of these components, the connecting fabric is one of a necropoilitical (Mbembe 2003) nature. This socio-political hegemony is constitutive of and through the ‘performativity of happiness’ as a mechanism of oppression. Universities as sites and locations where multiple oppressions are produced and enacted, can also be sites of potential mobilised empowerment. The pathological politics of COVID-19 rests on these mechanics, while the potential for liberatory solidarities is already at work in resistance. |
Keywords | Universities; Higher education; Necropolitics; COVID-19 |
Year | 2021 |
Journal | Critical Studies on Security |
Journal citation | 9 (2), pp. 169-173 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
ISSN | 2162-4887 |
2162-4909 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/21624887.2021.1978644 |
Official URL | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21624887.2021.1978644 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 21 Dec 2021 |
04 May 2021 | |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 04 Jun 2021 |
Deposited | 11 Aug 2021 |
Publisher's version | License |
Output status | Published |
References | Ahmed, S. (2010). The promise of happiness, Durham: Duke University Press. |
https://repository.canterbury.ac.uk/item/8y5x4/necropolitical-constructions-of-happiness-covid-19-and-higher-education
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