The Mere Definition Of A Camp Summary

This week reading about the mere definition of a camp. The author name is Giorgio Agamben and he is an Italian philosopher. In this piece he finds the origins of the term camp and from there crafts a definition in order to identify it in the past and in current times. Yet, there were some questions I had with his justification behind his statements and his overall definition of a camp.

My first question is why do ignorant people believe taking other rights is justified in the right of law? Some answers are that people are naturally self interest and would not care about others unless the alternative hands him or her a silver platter of kindness and warmth. Similar to the previous view, it could be a matter of national security as seen with the Nazi’s and U.S. fighting against terrorism, yet these arguments are built in little to no facts; most of these statements are

My condition with is that he said that “The camp is the space that opens up when the state of exception starts to become the rule.” I get that camps can be the exception to this rule, but if I remember correctly from my point of references that there other forms of deterring groups. Some other ways include a forced migrations to other lands where they can live freely (i.e. Liberia) or the mass executions of a certain sec of society. Thus, as a result, I believe his interpretation of a camp should include forced migrations and mass killings as under the state of exception.

Another question that I have is when he cites Hannah Arendt “common sense stubbornly refuses to admit to, namely, the principle according to which anything is possible.” What is the problem of admitting to it? I honestly believe that if the government admits to it, then he or she can use the means of propaganda to suppress people if they want. Under this society, they can use this as means of getting anything they