The schmittian distinction friend-­‐‑enemy as anthropological category in Hans Blumenberg

Abstract

In the following pages the reader will find the arguments and

references that show that in the comparison of the thought of Carl

Schmitt and Hans Blumenberg exists not only contrast but also a

strong philosophical complicity, since the schmittian couple

friend-enemy is often assumed in the blumenberguian work as

anthropological category. If we go deeper in the analysis of this

heritage, we find that their thoughts converge in the time that both

call attention to the need to recognize both harmony and conflict

that shape the reality in which we are immersed.