Friendship: Philosophical Explorations
Philosophical Explorations
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 26. March 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-032-87797-6 (ISBN)
Description
Friendship has been a central topic for philosophical reflection ever since philosophy itself was born in the circle of friends who gathered around Socrates to follow his probing examinations of how we should live.
In this outstanding collection, which takes its lead from the work of Alexander Nehamas, a distinguished roster of contributors examines the many dimensions of the philosophy of friendship. They broaden the discussion beyond common questions about friendship obligations and their relation to the claims morality to explore a much wider set of issues, including:
friendship in the context of Plato, Aristotle, Montaigne, Kant, Goethe, William James, and Nietzsche
the darker side of friendship and "frenemies"
friendship in literature and film, including Andre Aciman's Call Me by Your Name and Andrey Zvyagintsev's The Return
dogs and friendship
friendship and aesthetic judgment.
Nehamas's own distinctive analogy between the value of friendship and value of beauty.
Friendship: Philosophical Explorations will be of interest to those in philosophy studying and researching ethics and aesthetics, as well as students and scholars in related disciplines such as literature and film.
In this outstanding collection, which takes its lead from the work of Alexander Nehamas, a distinguished roster of contributors examines the many dimensions of the philosophy of friendship. They broaden the discussion beyond common questions about friendship obligations and their relation to the claims morality to explore a much wider set of issues, including:
friendship in the context of Plato, Aristotle, Montaigne, Kant, Goethe, William James, and Nietzsche
the darker side of friendship and "frenemies"
friendship in literature and film, including Andre Aciman's Call Me by Your Name and Andrey Zvyagintsev's The Return
dogs and friendship
friendship and aesthetic judgment.
Nehamas's own distinctive analogy between the value of friendship and value of beauty.
Friendship: Philosophical Explorations will be of interest to those in philosophy studying and researching ethics and aesthetics, as well as students and scholars in related disciplines such as literature and film.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
468 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-87797-6 (9781032877976)
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Friendship: Philosophical Explorations
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03/2026
Routledge
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Persons
R. Lanier Anderson is Professor of Philosophy and J.E. Wallace Sterling Professor in Humanities at Stanford University, USA. He is the author of The Poverty of Conceptual Truth (2015) and many articles on Kant, Nietzsche, and the neo-Kantian movement, as well as papers on Montaigne and topics in philosophy and literature. His book on Montaigne (Montaigne and the Life of Philosophy) is currently in the final stages of completion.
Andrew Huddleston is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, USA. Before moving to Notre Dame, he taught at Exeter College, Oxford, Birkbeck College, University of London, and the University of Warwick, UK. He is the author of Nietzsche on the Decadence and Flourishing of Culture (2019) and Art's Highest Calling: The Religion of Art in a Secular Age (forthcoming), as well as a number of papers on aesthetics, ethics, and various aspects of post-Kantian European philosophy.
Jessica Moss is Professor of Philosophy at New York University, USA. She has also taught at the University of Pittsburgh, and Balliol College, Oxford. She is the author of Aristotle on the Apparent Good: Perception, Phantasia, Thought, and Desire (2012), and Plato's Epistemology: Being and Seeming (2021), as well as numerous articles on Ancient Greek epistemology, ethics, and moral psychology.
Andrew Huddleston is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, USA. Before moving to Notre Dame, he taught at Exeter College, Oxford, Birkbeck College, University of London, and the University of Warwick, UK. He is the author of Nietzsche on the Decadence and Flourishing of Culture (2019) and Art's Highest Calling: The Religion of Art in a Secular Age (forthcoming), as well as a number of papers on aesthetics, ethics, and various aspects of post-Kantian European philosophy.
Jessica Moss is Professor of Philosophy at New York University, USA. She has also taught at the University of Pittsburgh, and Balliol College, Oxford. She is the author of Aristotle on the Apparent Good: Perception, Phantasia, Thought, and Desire (2012), and Plato's Epistemology: Being and Seeming (2021), as well as numerous articles on Ancient Greek epistemology, ethics, and moral psychology.
Content
List of Contributors Introduction R. Lanier Anderson, Andrew Huddleston, and Jessica Moss 1. Socratic Friendships Voula Tsouna 2. Knowing Friends Mary Margaret McCabe 3. Philosophical Dogs: Plato on Knowledge and Friendship Jessica Moss 4. Friendship, Masculinity, and the Barbarian in Plato's Laws Josh Wilburn 5. What Kind of Friend was Michel de Montaigne? Nehamas and Desan on Montaigne's Relationship with La Boetie R. Lanier Anderson 6. Equal Mutual Love and Respect: Kant on Friendship Paul Guyer 7. Friendship, Beauty, Judgment David Hills 8. Philosophy as Friendship: The Romantic Notion of Symphilosophie Timothy Stoll 9. On Frenemies: Nietzsche, Nehamas, and the Darker Sides of Friendship Anthony Cross 10. Nietzschean Frenemies and their role in his project of Self-Creation Ken Gemes 11. Friendship and Over-belief in Nehamas and James Rachel Cristy 12. Can a Dog be a Human's Best Friend? Thomas W. Laqueur 13. Truth and Authenticity in Stories About Ourselves Pamela Foa 14. Friendship and the Novel Andrew Huddleston 15. Brotherly philia: from Aristotle to Zvyagintsev Pavlos Kontos 16. Portraying Friendship Philip Kitcher 17. The Promise of Friendship Bernard Reginster 18. Friendship, Difference, and Aesthetic Discourse Matthew Strohl 19. Every Painting, if it's Any Good, is a Love Affair Michael Smith 20. My Heart went Boom Jennifer Whiting 21. Friendship, Love, Interpretation: Other Ways of Knowing? Alexander Nehamas. Index