Unleashing the capacity of Blackness: The scene of total violence and the ongoing present of slavery

In the effort to critically interrogate the state (and law) and global capital (and property) through Blackness as the enduring figure of the total violence of slavery and colonialism, Denise Ferreira da Silva’s Unpayable Debt (2022) centrally targets the Marxian critique of capitalism (or historica...

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Published in:Cultural dynamics 2023-11, Vol.35 (4), p.291-299
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