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enemy

vr.tr.enemy · SOC.PER

Let an agent explain the concept of enemy across personal, political and legal senses, relay how psychology and political theory treat enmity from academic sources, describe historical labels neutrally, and distinguish enemy from opponent, rival, competitor and legal enemy status.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions

Research draft, second pass

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain the concept of enemy across personal, political and legal senses, relay how psychology and political theory treat enmity from academic sources, describe historical labels neutrally, and distinguish enemy from opponent, rival, competitor and legal enemy status.

A person, group or state regarded as hostile or opposed to another, in senses ranging from a personal adversary or archenemy through political and military enemies to the enemies of a state or regime, with related notions such as the frenemy who is both friend and rival, the paper tiger that appears threatening but is weak, and historical labels such as Reichsfeinde applied by Bismarck to opponents of the German Empire; the concept is studied in psychology, political theory and law, including the law of war on enemy combatants.

What it is for: Not applicable; a relational concept.

It can be explain the senses; relay academic treatments; describe historical labels neutrally; distinguish related terms.

Distinguishing features

Relational and perceived

Personal to political scale

Legal definitions in war

Rhetorical use

What it looks like

Not a visible object; a relation of hostility.

How it is recognised

Person or group regarded as hostile

Personal enemy, archenemy, frenemy, paper tiger, enemy of the state, Reichsfeinde

An opponent or rival need not be hostile; a competitor competes without enmity

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

adversary

is a kind of - in registry terms, as a social relation

acquaintance

is theorised in - by Carl Schmitt

friend-enemy distinction

is contrasted with - who competes without hostility

rival

In practice

Families and kinds

personal enemies and archenemies

frenemies as ambiguous relations

political enemies and enemies of the state or throne

military enemies and enemy combatants in law

rhetorical labels such as paper tiger and Reichsfeinde

fictional enemies and antagonists

Standards and regulation

Law of armed conflict on enemy combatants and prisoners of war

Trading with the enemy legislation

Hate speech and incitement laws

Failure modes and hazards

Dehumanising language

Endorsing enemy labels rather than attributing them

Confusing rivals and competitors with enemies

Also called

frenemypaper tigerReichsfeindeDamputarchenemyenemy of the throneclass enemyMario franchise enemyenemy of the peoplePublic enemy

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Also registered as vr.tr.enemy-person

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What an enemy is.

Definition.

Definition

Definition and senses.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is an enemy, and how do personal, political, military and legal senses differ? definition
  2. Is the question about a personal relation, a political label, a legal status or fiction? boundary

Related

Related terms.

Related

Related.

  1. What are archenemies, frenemies, paper tigers and enemies of the state? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific term? action
Study Academic views.

Attribution.

Psychology

Psychology.

Psychology

Psychology.

  1. How do psychology and sociology explain enmity, in-group and out-group hostility? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Politics

Political theory.

Politics

Politics.

  1. How do political theorists from Schmitt to critics treat the friend-enemy distinction, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Law Law.

Regulation.

War

Law of war.

War

War.

  1. How does the law of armed conflict define enemy forces and protect prisoners? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the law of armed conflict? action

Domestic

Domestic law.

Domestic

Domestic.

  1. What are trading with the enemy laws and enemy alien status? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Context History and culture.

Context.

History

Historical labels.

History

History.

  1. How have labels such as Reichsfeinde and enemy of the people been used, and with what consequences, as historians describe? provenance
  2. Which entry fits enemy of the people? action

Culture

Culture.

Culture

Culture.

  1. How are enemies and antagonists portrayed in literature and film? provenance
  2. Which entry fits antagonist? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should enemy combatant and frenemy be separate entries?
  • How should academic sources be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming historical labels and slang; should they be split off?