Friendship and the Political
Subtitle: Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Schmitt
Publisher: Imprint Academic
Published: 2011
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9781845402464
Subjects: Nietzsche, friedrich wilhelm, 1844-1900; Kierkegaard, soren, 1813-1855; Schmitt, carl, 1888-1985; Friendship; Political science, philosophy
Description: This book reappraises the idea of "friendship" in contemporary political thought. Friendship was a central notion for the Ancients, being regarded as a political ideal to rank alongside justice. The author explores the possibilities for theorising friendship in modern times through an examination of three seminal thinkers: Kierkegaard, Nietzsche and Schmitt. He shows that friendship is a vital descriptive, analytic and normative idea in contemporary political thought. Concieved friendship denotes a concern with the bonds between person and person, thus identifying and valuing the horizontal moral and affective affinities that bind political communities.