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Giorgio Agamben and the spatialities of the camp: An introduction

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Author

  • Richard Ek

Summary, in English

The Italian political philosopher Giorgio Agamben's conclusion that the camp has replaced the city as the biopolitical paradigm of the West is as difficult to digest as it is easy to see how it responds to contemporary political tendencies in the world today. In this introduction to this theme issue on Giorgio Agamben and the spatialities of the camp, a detailed exposition emulating the structure of Agamben's seminal book Homo Sacer: is conducted, tracing the genealogies of Agamben's ideas and commenting on his swiftly enhanced importance in the social sciences and humanities. The introduction concludes by outlining some possible research fields in human geogrphy where much insight could be gained if Agamben's work is given more detailed consideration.

Publishing year

2006

Language

English

Pages

363-386

Publication/Series

Geografiska Annaler. Series B. Human Geography

Volume

88

Issue

4

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Topic

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Keywords

  • camp
  • Giorgio!Agamben
  • naked life
  • bare life
  • bio-politics
  • homo sacer
  • power

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1468-0467