Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1 -- 1. Friendship as a Family of Practices -- 2. Motivations, Actions, and the Value of Friendship -- 3. Self-Interest, Duty, and Friendship -- 4. Friendship and Individuality -- Part 2 -- 5. Civic Friendship -- 6. Fr…
In the history of Western thought, friendship's relationship to politics is checkered. Friendship was seen as key to understanding political life in the ancient world, but it was then ignored for centuries. Today, friendship has again become a desirable framework for political i…
Digeser contends that our rich and varied practices of friendship multiply and moderate connections to politics. Along the way, she sets forth a series of ideals that appreciates friendship's many forms and its dynamic relationship to individuality, citizenship, political and le…