Assigned: Arnold, Matthew. “The Function of Criticism at the Present Time” (684-703); from Culture and Anarchy, from Chapter 1. “Sweetness and Light” (703-10). Also read the editors’ introduction (681-84). “The...
Assigned: Agamben, Giorgio. From Means Without End: Notes on Politics, “What Is a Camp?” (1968-72); from Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life, from Part Three: “The Camp as Biopolitical...