Friendship & Politics

by von Heyking, John

• ISBN13: 9780268043704
• ISBN10: 0268043701
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-05-01
• Publisher: Univ of Notre Dame Pr

Summary

This volume addresses contemporary concerns about community in the context of philosophical ideas about friendship. Part 1 offers three essays on the perspectives of ancient philosophers, namely Plato, Aristotle, and Cicero. Part 2 considers treatments of friendship by Christian thinkers, such as Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, and Calvin, and essays in Part 3 address Thomas Hobbes, Montaigne, the American founders, and de Tocqueville. The volume concludes with two essays that address the postmodern emphasis on fragmentation and the dynamics of power within the modern state. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction: The Persistence of Friendship in Political Life	p. 1
Ancient Perspectives
Platonic Philia and Political Order	p. 21
Taking Friendship Seriously: Aristotle on the Place(s) of Philia in Human Life	p. 53
Cicero's Distinctive Voice on Friendship: De Amicitia and De Re Publica	p. 84
Christian Perspectives
The Luminous Path of Friendship: Augustine's Account of Friendship and Political Order	p. 115
A Companionship of Caritas: Friendship in St. Thomas Aquinas	p. 139
Friendship in the Civic Order: A Reformation Absence	p. 163
Modern Perspectives
Plato and Montaigne: Ancient and Modern Ideas of Friendship	p. 197
Hobbes on Getting By with Little Help from Friends	p. 214
Social Friendship in the Founding Era	p. 248
It Is Not Good for Man to Be Alone: Tocqueville on Friendship	p. 268
Contemporary Perspectives
Zarathustra and His Asinine Friends: Nietzsche and Taste as the Groundless Ground of Friendship	p. 287
Friendship, Trust, and Political Order: A Critical Overview	p. 315
Contributors	p. 349
Index	p. 353
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