The enemy reveals itself only in passing moments, like a Hegelian God

Evidence

Like the Hegelian God strikingly described by Malabou, the enemy may only be visible for and as a moment-moments of the theologico-political. “Dieu,” writes Malabou in one powerful sentence, “se voit un moment,” God sees himself a moment. Borrowing Malabou’s phrasing and variations on and for the moment, one could advance the following: First, the enemy would see and show itself for a moment, in a unique and unrepeated instant and instance (exemple). Or, the enemy would see and show itself for a certain duration, even an epoch, but at any rate, for a (more or less limited) time, thus engaging itself in time. In a third sense, the enemy would see and show itself as a moment: to the extent that the enemy sees itself, it sees its reflection as moment. “Moment” thus becomes an attribute of the enemy, which sees itself qua moment. Finally, in the logical sense, the becoming-visible of the enemy is its becoming, a moment of its essence as it becomes, its becoming as becoming-moment (Malabou, L’avenir de Hegel, 166). — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab, 818 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The enemy becomes visible only as fleeting moments within theological-political time — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab: A History of the…, 818; Hegel’s God can present itself yet never truly happen — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 755; The enemy eludes stable identification the moment it is named — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab: A History of the…, 376

Broader Connections

• The enemy becomes visible only as fleeting moments within theological-political time #corroborates (0.92) — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab, 818