Video: Achille Mbembe, 'Notes on Brutalism'

Theory in Crisis Seminar

Held on November 27, 2020, by University of London Institute in Paris (part of the Research Seminar Series: Theory in Crisis).

In this seminar Achille Mbembe discusses his new book ‘Brutalisme’ (La Découverte, 2020). An insightful and wide-ranging analysis of global capitalist destruction, ‘Brutalisme’ offers a major theorization of our contemporary political moment and argues for a new politics based on reparation and planetary awareness.

What is the role of critical theory today and who is it for? What kind of maps can theory provide in the context of entrenched capitalist crisis? These are s...