The meaning of friendship
By: Mark Vernon.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230242883
Subjects: Friendship
Description: "In this book, Mark Vernon offers penetrating insights on the idea of friendship, using philosophy and modern culture to ask about friendship and sex, work, politics and spirituality. He also explores how notions of friendship may or may not be changing because of the internet, and looks at the psychology of friendship"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgements * Illustrations * Introduction * Friends at Work * Friends and Lovers * Faking It * Friending online * Unconditional Love * Politics of Friendship * Prophetic Friendship * The Spirituality of Friendship * Friendship Beyond Self-help * Further Reading and References * Index.