Paradox of the political - Benjamin Arditi

Today's paradox is to be found in Benjamin Arditi's view of the concept of the political (of Carl Schmitt that is):

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"It is worth noticing that the friend-enemy distinction bears the traces of a rather productive paradox with regard to political friendship. It is that the same oppositions that pit groups against each other also contribute to unite a collectivity."

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