Friendship Studies Politics and Practices

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by Graham M. Smith, Heather Devere
English | 2024 | ISBN: 3838216148 | 369 Pages | PDF | 4.7 MB

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 relations. The collection presents cutting-edge research which moves the theorization of friendship beyond western confines to consider the themes in cross-cultural and decolonized contexts.