Friendship Studies: Politics and Practices
Smith, Graham M. Devere This anthology brings together scholarship in the field of Friendship Studies.
In recent decades, friendship has been a site of analysis for understanding the connections between people and groups, and as a fabric for holding the political and social together. Starting with the theoretical debates about how to conceptualize friendship as a political idea, the anthology then looks at friendship¿s relationship with justice, the state, and civic...