On friendship
"Friends can help to form the basic structure of our lives but we very often take them for granted. Friends can sometimes be regarded as an oppressive burden when they appear to be greedily demanding too much of us. How to get the balance right is a perennial concern and the subject of much fiction and drama." "But has this always been the case or is the nature and meaning of friendship changing in contemporary society? Ray Pahl explores these issues as well as discussing who needs friends most and when, how friends make us the people that we are and whether friendship is a new metaphor for morality."
Print Book, English, 2000
Polity Press ; in association with Blackwell Publishers, Cambridge, UK, Oxford, 2000
x, 189 pages ; 20 cm.
9780745622804, 9780745622811, 0745622801, 074562281X
123099348
Preface. Introduction Chapter one: What is Friendship?;. Chapter Two: Friendship, Modernity and Trust;. Chapter Three; Friendship and the Self;. Chapter Four: Friendship in Context,. Chapter Five: Social Support, Social Capital and the Politics of Friendship. Conclusion. Further Reading. More Detailed References. Index