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What is the nature of friendship, and what is its significance in our lives? How has friendship changed since the ancient Greeks began to analyze it, and how has modern technology altered its very definition? In this fascinating exploration of friendship through the ages, one of the most thought-provoking philosophers of our time tracks historical ideas of friendship, gathers a diversity of friendship stories from the annals of myth and literature, and provides unexpected insights into our friends, ourselves, and the role of friendships in an ethical life. A. C. Grayling roves the rich traditions of friendship in literature, culture, art and philosophy, bringing into his discussion familiar pairs as well as unfamiliar - Achilles and Patroclus, David and Jonathan, Coleridge and Wordsworth, Huck Finn and Jim. Grayling lays out major philosophical interpretations of friendship, then offers his own take, drawing on personal experiences and an acute awareness of vast cultural shifts that have occurred. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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One would expect such a historical overview to at least suggest how contemporaries are wrestling with the concept, but Grayling is content to end his book with a personal narrative of his special friendships in his boarding school and undergraduate days. (Given that he acknowledges that male friendships have too long dominated the discourse, it is odd that he insists on recounting his own rather unremarkable--& notably unnamed--friends).
If this is indeed a series devoted to helping us navigate our current ethical landscape, then it is incumbent on the editors of the Virtues and Vice series to introduce (at least) a sketch of the concept as we use it now. ( )