Arthur,
You may want to look at Giorgio Agamben's book _Homo Sacer_. He approaches the camp from the standpoint of biopower, but he argues that disciplinary power and biopower are inextricably combined. Thus, he is employing the framework developed in _Discipline and Punish_--though you have to work a bit to see exactly how. From this foundation he theorizes, in great detail, the Nazi Lager.
While Agamben's Foucauldianianism is clearly stated in the introduction of the book, he leaves most of the details to the reader. If you are interested in the minutia of his view, contact me off the list and I would be happy to discuss it in greater specificity. My own opinion is that Agamben treats the Lager in a useful and intriguing manner.
david
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From: "Arthur Zinault" <arthur.zinault@xxxxxxxxx>
> Did Foucault ever speak *specifically* about the system of concentration
> camps established by the Nazisazis during World War2? And if so, where?
>
> It seems like the sort of thing he might have touched on in the 1970s
> post-_Discipline & Punish_. But I can't recall anything. Not fascism, mind
> you, but concentration or extermination camps *specifically*.
>
> Anyone know of any current scholars/writers that approach the phenomenon of
> death camps from a Foucauldian "Discipline & Punish"-ish perpective? Who?
>
> Thanks so much in advance!
>
>
>
> -Arthur Zinault
> _______________________________________________
> Foucault-L mailing list
You may want to look at Giorgio Agamben's book _Homo Sacer_. He approaches the camp from the standpoint of biopower, but he argues that disciplinary power and biopower are inextricably combined. Thus, he is employing the framework developed in _Discipline and Punish_--though you have to work a bit to see exactly how. From this foundation he theorizes, in great detail, the Nazi Lager.
While Agamben's Foucauldianianism is clearly stated in the introduction of the book, he leaves most of the details to the reader. If you are interested in the minutia of his view, contact me off the list and I would be happy to discuss it in greater specificity. My own opinion is that Agamben treats the Lager in a useful and intriguing manner.
david
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Arthur Zinault" <arthur.zinault@xxxxxxxxx>
> Did Foucault ever speak *specifically* about the system of concentration
> camps established by the Nazisazis during World War2? And if so, where?
>
> It seems like the sort of thing he might have touched on in the 1970s
> post-_Discipline & Punish_. But I can't recall anything. Not fascism, mind
> you, but concentration or extermination camps *specifically*.
>
> Anyone know of any current scholars/writers that approach the phenomenon of
> death camps from a Foucauldian "Discipline & Punish"-ish perpective? Who?
>
> Thanks so much in advance!
>
>
>
> -Arthur Zinault
> _______________________________________________
> Foucault-L mailing list