Friendship and Happiness: And the Connection Between the Two - Softcover

Delaney, Tim; Madigan, Tim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1476668965 ISBN 13: 9781476668963

Publisher: McFarland, 2017

Synopsis

This philosophical and sociological look at friendship and happiness begins with a review of Aristotle's three categories of friendship--friends of utility, friends of pleasure and friends of the good. Modern variations--casual friends, close friends, best friends--are described, along with the growing phenomena of virtual friendships and cyber socialization in the Internet age. Inspired in part by Bertrand Russell's The Conquest of Happiness, the authors propose that conquering unhappiness is key to achieving the self-satisfaction Russell called zest and Aristotle called eudaimonia or thriving by our own efforts.

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About the Authors

Tim Delaney is a professor of sociology at the State University of New York at Oswego. He regularly teaches sociology of sport courses and is the Director of the Sports Studies program at SUNY Oswego.

Tim Madigan is a professor and department chair of philosophy at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York. He is a past president of the Northeast Popular Culture Association.

Edition details

• Publisher: McFarland
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1476668965
• ISBN 13: 9781476668963
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296