The enemy question must be separated analytically from the question of war

Evidence

As I have already indicated, the question of the enemy must be addressed as distinct from the question of war. That, however, is of course not to say that the latter is irrelevant for an understanding of the former. In this context, it may therefore be important to note that commenting on Clausewitz, Andre Glucksmann describes war as a “work of intelligence” (Glucksmann, Discours de laguerre, 29). — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab, 1002

Categorization

• DEFINE: Marks the book’s central methodological move: distinguishing enmity qua enmity from its realization in war, framing war as an intellectual work rather than mere violence.