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Philosophy and friendship / Sandra Lynch.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Description: xiv, 205 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0748617272
  • 9780748617272
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 177.62 22
Contents:
1. Approaching the kaleidoscope of friendship -- 2. The friend as another self -- 3. The other self as friend -- 4. Re-imagining the possibility of friendship -- 5. Seeing oneself as friend -- 6. Friendship in contemporary life.
Review: "This book explains the persistence of friendship today in the light of the history of philosophical approaches to the subject. It considers ideals of intimacy and fusion in the context of claims that such ideals are unrealistic and even dangerous. Cicero's scepticism about friendship in the public realm is compared with the Aristotelian view of friendship as a genuine political bond, and with Derrida's development of that view via an exploration of Aristotle's alleged and provocative announcement 'O my friends, there is no friend'. Tensions between love and respect, identity and difference, a focus on the self and a focus on the other are closely examined." "From Aristotle to contemporary theorists, the book explores the conditions that enable the development of self-understanding in friendship, the delicate and unstable pairing of concepts like inclination and duty and distinctions between self-love, self esteem and self-concern in relations between friends."--BOOK JACKET.
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Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 177.62 LYN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A371114B

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Approaching the kaleidoscope of friendship -- 2. The friend as another self -- 3. The other self as friend -- 4. Re-imagining the possibility of friendship -- 5. Seeing oneself as friend -- 6. Friendship in contemporary life.

"This book explains the persistence of friendship today in the light of the history of philosophical approaches to the subject. It considers ideals of intimacy and fusion in the context of claims that such ideals are unrealistic and even dangerous. Cicero's scepticism about friendship in the public realm is compared with the Aristotelian view of friendship as a genuine political bond, and with Derrida's development of that view via an exploration of Aristotle's alleged and provocative announcement 'O my friends, there is no friend'. Tensions between love and respect, identity and difference, a focus on the self and a focus on the other are closely examined." "From Aristotle to contemporary theorists, the book explores the conditions that enable the development of self-understanding in friendship, the delicate and unstable pairing of concepts like inclination and duty and distinctions between self-love, self esteem and self-concern in relations between friends."--BOOK JACKET.

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