ABSTRACT

This paper examines the ‘anti-lockdown’ protests in the US beginning in April 2020 through the concepts of necropolitics (Mbembe) and microfascism (Deleuze and Guattari). The paper argues that these protests are examples of what it coins, necropopulism. What if the libertarian, hyper-individualistic, and reactionary populism we witness in these and other manifestations (e.g. mass shooters, alt-right street fights) are both fixated on their identity as a ‘people,’ yet simultaneously indifferent to their own persistence? Examining the anti-lockdown and anti-masking protests and their precursors, the paper argues that microfascism is infused with homi-suicidal aesthetics. The essay seeks to refine our analysis when it comes to the cultural (necro)politics of this ‘downsurgency,’ in which decline accelerates rapidly and might even be detached, ultimately, from its own demise. This analysis matters if we are to antagonize this necrotic force, not simply through a battle of ideas but by preventing a fascist social body from being fully activated and mobilized.

摘要

本文考察了从2020年4月开始的美国的“反封锁”抗议活动，涉及的是死政治主义（Mbembe）和微法西斯主义（Deleuze和Guattari）。该论文认为，这些抗议活动是造币业，死平民主义的例子。。如果我们在这些和其他表现形式（例如，大规模射击者，另类右派的街头打架）中看到的自由主义，超个人主义和反动的民粹主义都固守他们作为“人民”的身份，同时又对自己的持久性漠不关心，该怎么办？通过研究反封锁和反掩盖抗议及其先兆，论文认为，微法西斯主义充满了人为自杀的美感。这篇文章试图完善我们对这种“下叛乱”的文化（坏）政治的分析，在这种情况下，衰落迅速加速，甚至有可能最终脱离其自身的灭亡。如果我们要对抗这种坏死的力量，这一分析很重要，这不仅是通过思想斗争，而且是通过阻止法西斯主义社会团体被充分激活和动员来进行的。