Tuesday, November 11, 2008

The Origin of the Camp in Agamben

Why is that Agamben, obsessed with history and genealogy, doesn't ever bother do the history of the camp. He cites the origin, either the colonialism of the British during the Boer War or colonialism of the Spanish in Cuba. But he does nothing to develop this history of the camp as rooted in colonialism.

Why?

Eurocentrism might be the right answer, I am trying to find a more complex answer, if one exists.