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Index 231 A Adenauer, Konrad. See Gaulle, Charles de adversariality, age of, 77–80; Corneillian, 90; principle of, 65, 77. See also rivalry adversary/ies, xv, 7–16, 19, 29, 31, 34, 42, 55, 62, 65–67, 92, 99, 100, 150, 151, 155, 165, 171, 172, 183, 186, 189, 204, 222 (n. 42); similarity of, 8, 10, 13, 14, 34, 45, 48, 56, 100. See also duel alternation. See oscillation apocalypse, vii–xv, 6, 11, 19, 22, 33, 40, 48, 67, 68, 83, 113, 118, 135, 190, 198–200, 210, 214, 216; in texts, viii, x, 48, 103, 110–120, 133, 216; and thought, xii, 7, 8, 20, 43, 45–48, 64, 72, 74, 80, 98, 102–108, 120, 121, 124, 130, 131, 134, 175, 190, 195, 198, 200, 219 (n. 1); truth in, 80, 93 appropriation, 16, 102, 122, 125, 143, 149, 154, 173, 203 archaic religion, vii, xi–xv, 1, 13, 19, 23, 24, 29, 31, 35, 42, 43, 50, 62–64, 79–82, 92–96, 101, 105, 108, 113, 119–126, 129, 134, 140, 141, 162, 173–175, 198, 206–217. See also Christianity; de-Hellenization; demystification; Greek religion; Islam armed observation, 6, 9, 11, 54, 55, 185–187. See also escalation to extremes Aron, Raymond, x, xii, 2, 4–10, 13, 25, 30, 39, 48, 61, 64, 70, 71, 82–84, 87, 119, 134, 187 attacking and defending, 10, 13, 15–20, 34, 37, 55, 56, 65, 100, 183, 184, 198, 199 Aufhebung, 28, 43, 44, 70, 171, 173 autonomy: of desire, 131, 157; individual, 10, 31, 33, 72, 88, 132, 169; papal, 203, 205; of a state, 88; of violence, 91; of war, 68 B Benedict XVI, 172, 176, 195–210 Bergson, Henri, 37, 64, 72–75, 79, 131, 181, 220 (n. 6) bipolarity, 124–126, 130, 146, 147, 165 Bolshevism, 21, 40, 221 (n. 42) Brühl, Maria von, 70, 81, 91, 134 C Catholicism, 45, 64, 113, 122, 126, 130, 159, 162, 166, 169–178, 190, 195–207 chaos, 14, 99, 105, 115, 119, 179, 186 charity, 49, 73, 132–134, 216 chivalry, 30, 77, 164, 189 232 Index Christ: crucifixion of, xi–xiii, 50, 104, 105, 112, 114, 122, 125, 129, 196; the Passion of, ix, xiii–xv, 80, 95, 101, 110, 114, 118, 120, 125, 177, 198, 216, 217; resurrection of, xiii, xiv, 28, 29, 122; the Second Coming of, ix, 48, 110, 111, 114, 196, 200. See also archaic religion; Christianity; demystification; Dionysius; Gospels; Kingdom of God; imitation; revelation Christianity: and Clausewitz, 35, 81, 82, 91, 93, 94; historical, 35, 79, 103, 105; imperialization of, 202; Orthodox, 197, 200. See also apocalypse; archaic religion; Catholicism; Christ; Clausewitz; demystification; eschatology; Hegel; Hölderlin; Islam; Kingdom of God; reconciliation; revelation; truth classicism, 121, 159–166 Clausewitz, Carl von. See armed observation; Aron; Brühl, Maria von; Christianity; escalation to extremes; Frederick William II, Hegel; mimesis; mobilization; Napoleon; policy; Prussianism; rationalism; remarkable trinity; resentment; strategy; tactics; war communism, 17, 116, 213, 214 conscription. See mobilization contagion, vii, 11, 20, 23, 61, 62, 73, 86, 90, 102, 109, 114, 115, 153, 171, 210 conversation, 162–168 Corneille, Pierre. See adversary; duel counter-attack. See attacking and defending crucifixion. See Christ; demystification D defense, xv, 13–19, 23, 34, 55, 56, 65, 69, 74, 81, 100; primacy over attack, 10, 16, 17, 37, 56, 183. See also attacking and defending; papacy de-Hellenization, 177, 199, 207. See also archaic religion demystification, viii, xiii, 25, 44, 49, 129, 141, 148, 198, 207 desire. See mimesis dialectic. See Hegel differences, vii, 8–24, 42, 45–51, 56, 61, 71, 99, 104, 158, 176, 183, 193, 220 (n. 20); false, viii, 23, 29, 88, 98, 103. See also undifferentiation Dionysus, 96, 101–103, 105, 121–130, 174 disorder, vii, 18, 23, 56, 62, 98, 105, 140–142, 167, 175 divinization, 22, 24, 50, 82, 97, 102, 147, 149, 179, 198. See also sacrifice Dostoevsky, Fyodor, 11, 12, 82, 88, 125, 140, 143, 199 double frenzy, 73, 79 doubles, 14, 24, 43, 91, 102, 103, 115, 139, 181, 183. See also mimesis duel: and alternation, 27–33; Corneillian, 77, 90; and the escalation to extremes, 1, 5, 6, 20, 29, 53, 56, 57, 73, 78, 79, 83, 104, 132; and reciprocity, 6, 33, 39, 53–72, 78, 81, 83, 97–99, 103, 105, 106, 115, 126, 131, 132, 158, 161, 163; and war, 1, 4, 6, 18, 19, 37, 41, 53...

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