Can dead bodies do politics? Decolonising Rancière through the Philippine drug war
Thesis Eleven: Critical Theory and Historical Sociology
Published online on May 12, 2026
Abstract
Thesis Eleven, Volume 194, Issue 1, Page 15-34, June 2026.
This paper challenges conventional understandings of political subjectivity by examining dead bodies produced through violent state policies rooted in colonial histories, with particular attention to the drug war. It opens critical conversations about the ...
This paper challenges conventional understandings of political subjectivity by examining dead bodies produced through violent state policies rooted in colonial histories, with particular attention to the drug war. It opens critical conversations about the ...