Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: In Search of the Hobbesian FriendChapter 3 Negative Friendship: Friend as AllyChapter 4 Positive Friendship: Friend as Partner for Business or Recreation.Chapter 5: Normative Friendship: The Friend as Another SelfChapter 6 Hobbes thinking Past...
This book explores why and how Thomas Hobbes - the 17th century founder of political science -- contributed to the modern marginalisation of 'friendship', a concept that stood in the foreground of ancient moral and political thought and that is currently undergoing a revival...