Faces of Freedom
Jewish and Black Experiences
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5111784 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Achille Mbembe (0000-0003-0006-3194, University of the Witwatersrand, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 293-298 |
| Publication date | 2005-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Interventions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-801X • E-ISSN: 1469-929X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13698010500268056 |
| OpenAlex | W2079528890 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 1 |
Is freedom primarily a matter of rights or an ethical practice? This article draws on the Jewish and black experiences of bondage and captivity to argue that in a post-liberation age, it is impossible to provide a new interpretation of freedom without a new interpretation of death, of the enemy, and of the stranger. It suggests that the ultimate freedom is freedom from death itself; death, in turn, is the ground zero of freedom. The South African experience suggests that it is possible to disentangle the histories of freedom from the histories of spilled blood. In so doing, it becomes possible to re-imagine the political community away from the pagan ethos that has served as the basis for western interpretations of law, reason, and sovereignty, especially since 9/11. Keywords: stateless peoplevulnerabilitypagan ethosdialectics of the face and the tracepolitics of life
Judaism · Theology · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Jewish Identity and Society · Philosophy · Race, History, and American Society
| Citations per year | 0.3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2016 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |