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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456474003321

Autore

Helm Bennett W

Titolo

Love, friendship and the self [[electronic resource] ] : intimacy, identification, and the social nature of persons / / Bennett W. Helm

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2009

ISBN

0-19-964256-7

1-282-38360-4

9786612383601

0-19-157326-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (333 p.)

Disciplina

126

128.46

Soggetti

Love - Philosophy

Friendship - Philosophy

Emotions (Philosophy)

Identity (Philosophical concept)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures; 1. Introduction; I. Caring; II. Loving; III. Friendship and the Self; Postscript; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Recent Western thought has consistently emphasized the individualistic strand in our understanding of persons at the expense of the social strand. Thus, it is generally thought that persons are self-determining and autonomous, where these are understood to be capacities we exercise most fully on our own, apart from others, whose influence on us tends to undermine that autonomy. Love, Friendship, and the Self argues that we must reject a strongly individualistic conceptionof persons if we are to make sense of significant interpersonal relationships and the importance they can have in our lives.