friend–enemy distinction
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The friend–enemy distinction is Carl Schmitt’s influential concept in political theory that defines the essence of the political as the fundamental opposition between allies and adversaries.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
key concept in Carl Schmitt’s political thought
ⓘ
political concept ⓘ |
| alsoInterpretedAs | a normative endorsement of conflictual politics ⓘ |
| articulatedIn | German language ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
decisionism
ⓘ
political existentialism ⓘ sovereignty theory ⓘ |
| centralOpposition |
enemy
ⓘ
friend ⓘ |
| characterizes | the political as based on the distinction between friend and enemy ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
economic reductionism in politics
ⓘ
liberal pluralism ⓘ moral universalism ⓘ |
| coreIdeaOf | The Concept of the Political NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criterionFor | identifying political groupings ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
downplaying moral and legal constraints
ⓘ
promoting antagonistic politics ⓘ |
| debatedIn |
international relations theory
ⓘ
legal theory ⓘ security studies ⓘ |
| defines | the essence of the political ⓘ |
| domain |
political philosophy
ⓘ
political theory ⓘ |
| emphasizes | existential conflict between groups ⓘ |
| firstMajorPublication | Der Begriff des Politischen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn | collective entities rather than individuals ⓘ |
| formulatedBy | Carl Schmitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Weimar Republic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
interwar Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| implies |
possibility of conflict
ⓘ
possibility of physical killing ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chantal Mouffe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Giorgio Agamben NERFINISHED ⓘ agonistic democracy theories ⓘ contemporary discussions of sovereignty ⓘ post-war political theory debates ⓘ |
| interpretedAs | a descriptive criterion of the political ⓘ |
| keyTermFor | understanding Schmitt’s critique of liberalism ⓘ |
| originalTerm | Freund–Feind-Unterscheidung ⓘ |
| presupposes |
group identity formation
ⓘ
possibility of existential threat between groups ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
sovereign decision
ⓘ
state of exception ⓘ |
| usedToDefine |
the political as distinct from the aesthetic
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the political as distinct from the economic ⓘ the political as distinct from the moral ⓘ |
| yearFormulated | 1932 ⓘ |
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