Бежанският лагер и градът: дали лагерът действително е извън-редно пространство?
The Refugee and the City: Is the Camp Indeed a Space of Exception?

Summary/Abstract: This article engages the Agamben-Agier perspective which has become dominant in the last few years but has received poor criticism. Both Giorgio Agamben and Michel Agier at times defi ne the refugee camp in relation to broader scenarios. While Agamben thinks about the camp to defi ne the modern nation state and law, Agier often digresses from the camp with the city in mind. While both works teach us a great deal about the nature of the camp, discussing some of their limitations is essential even to fully develop their own potential. This article aims at contrasting key elements of the Agamben-Agier perspective to my own experience with Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. Three main questions structure this paper: Is a refugee camp indeed a space of exception? Should we understand the refugee camps in their symbolic and practical continuity or discontinuity to the urban space? Should we consider the camp as having the same properties as the “city” in Agier’s sense

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