Abstract: This paper deals with the academic discussions on friendship in western philosophy. Starting with Plato, the paper tries to summarize and analyse the views of Aristotle, Emmanuel Levinas, and, Jacques Derrida. Through this method the evolution happened in understanding the subject can be known. As we all know, friendship can only be conceptualized within the field of politics. By observing, how the idea of friendship travelled through time, we could get the changes happened historically in the political understanding. This paper marks some of the mile stones in the development of philosophy of friendship.
Keywords: Politics, Friendship, Self, Other, Equality, Justice, Democracy.
Title: The Concept of Friendship: History and Implications
Author: Amith K
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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