Valeria Giordano e Stefano Mizzella (a cura di)
Waiting for the enemy

Enemy is one of the most powerful figures of modernity. He is the threat of invasion, an outside projected into our “homes” to waste them – but at the same time, rather contradictorily, is an inwardness hold in hostage, ambivalent and therefore epitomizing the insecurity of the everyday life. This collection of essays provides a growing discourse about the enemy and the semantic aura it takes – since we lack a history of hostility, which could give an insight on our complex relationship with a real or often imaginary opponent.