“In an argument both elegant and urgent, Achille Mbembe focuses our attention on the African continent, which is not only where the forms of domination and deprivation that increasingly affect the entire globe are most fully deployed but also where the forms of reparation necessary for a future world can be glimpsed.”
~Michael Hardt, author of, The Subversive Seventies
“This is a fantastic translation of a vital text. The poetry, intensity, complexity, and subtlety that we have come to expect from Achille Mbembe’s work are all here in Brutalism.”
~Laurent Dubois, translator of, Critique of Black Reason
"Brutalism offers some experimental analyses but is, on the whole, something quite different: a poetico-political vision, or a 'panoramic fresco,' as he promises in the introduction: a suggestive image painted in broad strokes of dark, vital, earthy colours—and accents of hopeful green."
~Anders Dunke, Modern Times Review
"This book will be of interest to those working in Africana thought, global development, political theory, and philosophy and, more particularly, to anyone with an interest in ecology, migration, or innovations in technology. Highly recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty."
~Choice
“Mbembe writes rhapsodic, delirious, poetic prose to make difficult, unassailable arguments in this book.”
~Atreyee Majumder, Philosophy in Review
