Friendship and Happiness: And the Connection Between the Two - Brossura

Delaney, Tim; Madigan, Tim

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1476668965 ISBN 13: 9781476668963

Casa editrice: McFarland Publishing, 2017

Riassunto

This philosophical and sociological look at friendship and happiness begins with a review of Aristotle’s three categories of friendship—friends of utility, friends of pleasure and friends of the good. Modern variations—casual friends, close friends, best friends—are described, along with the growing phenomena of virtual friendships and cyber socialization in the Internet age. Inspired in part by Bertrand Russell’s The Conquest of Happiness, the authors propose that conquering unhappiness is key to achieving the self-satisfaction Russell called zest and Aristotle called eudaimonia or thriving by our own efforts.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Tim Delaney is a professor and department chair of sociology at the State University of New York at Oswego. He sponsors an annual sportsmanship day symposium and recently co-created a sports studies program. He lives in Auburn, New York. Tim Madigan is a professor and department chair of philosophy at St. John Fisher College. The former editorial director of the University of Rochester Press, he is on the editorial board of Philosophy Now magazine and lives in Rochester, New York.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: McFarland Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1476668965
• ISBN 13: 9781476668963
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 285
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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