Guantanamo Special
“Some years ago, I had written that the West’s political paradigm was no longer the city state, but the concentration camp, and that we had passed from Athens to Auschwitz. It was obviously a philosophical thesis, and not historic recital….”
— Giorgio Agamben, Le Monde, 10 January, 2004
I have edited a special issue of Politics and Culture, with contributions from writers and scholars of law, media, communication, and cultural studies. I hope it serves a useful purpose in classrooms and other venues.
