Declared hate publicly constitutes a political community by naming its enemy
Evidence
One might say today that “stranger” is a “fighting word.” In the same way, and for the specific purposes of this chapter, which engages once again the work of Carl Schmitt, one can take “hate” to be less the personal expression of an affect than a “fighting word,” a public and decisive assertion of enmity that functions so as to invent, constitute, and/or confirm the existence of a political community. And that of an enemy. — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab, 1083 (
#expands, via linked claim)
In general, common enmity is one of the most powerful means for motivating a number of individuals or groups to cling together. This common enmity is intensified if the common adversary is at the same time the common ruler. — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 5126 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Hate is the free choice to abolish the Other rather than unite with it. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 1011; Presidential scapegoating can make hate feel patriotic. — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying: The New…, 149; Hate functions as a public assertion of enmity that constitutes a political community — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab: A History of the…, 1083 (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- Hate functions as a public assertion of enmity that constitutes a political community
#expands(0.95) — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab, 1083 - Shared hatred of a common enemy powerfully binds people together.
#corroborates(0.92) — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 5126