LEADER 04175nam 2200721 450 001 9910787269903321 005 20230126212501.0 010 $a0-8014-5474-3 010 $a0-8014-5475-1 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801454752 035 $a(CKB)3710000000311093 035 $a(EBL)3138683 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001383805 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12562717 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001383805 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11322064 035 $a(PQKB)11669613 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001510249 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138683 035 $a(OCoLC)966766667 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse51807 035 $a(DE-B1597)480067 035 $a(OCoLC)897815146 035 $a(OCoLC)979743788 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801454752 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138683 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10993839 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL681673 035 $a(OCoLC)922998610 035 $a(dli)HEB34010 035 $a(MiU)MIU01200000000000000000007 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000311093 100 $a20141220h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|nu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA tremendous thing $efriendship from the Iliad to the Internet /$fGregory Jusdanis 210 1$aIthaca, New York :$cCornell University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a1-322-50391-5 311 0 $a0-8014-5284-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1. The Politics of Friendship --$t2. Mourning Becomes Friendship --$t3. Duty and Desire --$t4. Friends and Lovers --$tAfterword: Digital Friends --$tNotes --$tWorks Cited --$tIndex 330 $a"Why did you do all this for me?" Wilbur asked. "I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you. "You have been my friend," replied Charlotte. "That in itself is a tremendous thing."-from Charlotte's Web by E. B. White Friendship encompasses a wide range of social bonds, from playground companionship and wartime camaraderie to modern marriages and Facebook links. For many, friendship is more meaningful than familial ties. And yet it is our least codified relationship, with no legal standing or bureaucratic definition. In A Tremendous Thing, Gregory Jusdanis explores the complex, sometimes contradictory nature of friendship, reclaiming its importance in both society and the humanities today. Ranging widely in his discussion, he looks at the art of friendship and friendship in art, finding a compelling link between our need for friends and our engagement with fiction. Both, he contends, necessitate the possibility of entering invented worlds, of reading the minds of others, and of learning to live with people. Investigating the ethics, aesthetics, and politics of friendship, Jusdanis draws from the earliest writings to the present, from the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Iliad to Charlotte's Web and "Brokeback Mountain," as well as from philosophy, sociology, evolutionary biology, psychology, and political theory. He asks: What makes friends stay together? Why do we associate friendship with mourning? Does friendship contribute to the formation of political communities? Can friends desire each other? The history of friendship demonstrates that human beings are a mutually supportive species with an innate aptitude to envision and create ties with others. At a time when we are confronted by war, economic inequality, and climate change, Jusdanis suggests that we reclaim friendship to harness our capacity for cooperation and empathy. 606 $aFriendship 606 $aFriendship in literature 606 $aSocial networks 615 0$aFriendship. 615 0$aFriendship in literature. 615 0$aSocial networks. 676 $a302.34 700 $aJusdanis$b Gregory$f1955-$01470464 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787269903321 996 $aA tremendous thing$93682328 997 $aUNINA