The Dialectics of Friendship
Published in September 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-415-01751-0 (ISBN)
Description
This fascinating book explores the ideals and paradoxes of friendship. The contributors locate friendship in its historical and cultural settings and consider both the social and political dimensions of friendship. This book should be of interest to students and teachers in sociology, social studies, psychology, literary criticism and classics.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
260 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-01751-0 (9780415017510)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Introduction 1. Friendship and the Greeks P.E. Easterling 2. Friendship in Christian Tradition Gillian and Stephen Clark 3. Female Friendship Sue Limb 4. Male Friends Michael Neve 5. Friendship in Children's Fiction Margaret Kinnell 6. Friendship and Personal Development Adrian Furnham 7. Humans, Animals and the Limits to Friendship James Serpell 8. Friendship and the Social Order Stephanie Garrett 9.'Freud, Friendship and Politics' Graham Little 10. The Environment of Fellowship around 1900 Logie Barrow.