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Introduction Introduction
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Levinas and the Same/Other Distinction Levinas and the Same/Other Distinction
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Schmitt and the Friend/Enemy Distinction Schmitt and the Friend/Enemy Distinction
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Levinas contra Schmitt Levinas contra Schmitt
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Social Contract Theory and Empiricism Social Contract Theory and Empiricism
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Liberalism and Depoliticization Liberalism and Depoliticization
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State of Nature and Civil Society in Hobbes and in Schmitt State of Nature and Civil Society in Hobbes and in Schmitt
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Schmitt and the Quest for Total Redemption Schmitt and the Quest for Total Redemption
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Does Liberalism Rest upon a Performative Contradiction? Does Liberalism Rest upon a Performative Contradiction?
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The Primacy of Procedure Within Liberalism The Primacy of Procedure Within Liberalism
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Notes Notes
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References References
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12 Same/Other versus Friend/Enemy: Levinas contra Schmitt
Get accessAryeh Botwinick is Professor of Political Science at Temple University
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Published:17 April 2015
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Abstract
This chapter endeavors to show that the relevant contrasting term to friend in liberal political theory is not enemy but self. Given the skepticism that suffuses liberal theory, the self remains an endlessly problematic construct that gives us ongoing opportunities for reimagining and reconstructing what the behavior of both friends and enemies is truly like. The chapter examines key terms in the liberal epistemological vocabulary such as skepticism, empiricism, nominalism, and conventionalism to clarify their import for the liberal conceptions of personal identity, friend, and enemy. Throughout, the chapter shows how the Levinasian deployment of the same–other distinction with its devolution upon the concept of infinity offers us a revealing guide to liberal political thought and practice and thereby also constitutes an important implicit critique of Schmitt.
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