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The meaning of friendship / Mark Vernon.

Title
The meaning of friendship / Mark Vernon.
Author
Vernon, Mark, 1966-
Publication
Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

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Description
x, 279 p. : ill.; 20 cm.
Summary
"In this book, Mark Vernon offers penetrating insights on the idea of friendship, using philosophy and modern culture to ask about friendship and sex, work, politics and spirituality. He also explores how notions of friendship may or may not be changing because of the internet, and looks at the psychology of friendship"--Provided by publisher.
Subject
  • Friendship
  • Science
  • Friends
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgements * Illustrations * Introduction * Friends at Work * Friends and Lovers * Faking It * Friending online * Unconditional Love * Politics of Friendship * Prophetic Friendship * The Spirituality of Friendship * Friendship Beyond Self-help * Further Reading and References * Index.
ISBN
  • 9780230242883 (pbk.)
  • 023024288X (pbk.)
LCCN
^^2009047551
OCLC
  • 464586274
  • SCSB-10770958
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library