Friendship in an Age of Economics - Resisting the Forces of Neoliberalism

Informationen zum Autor By Todd May Klappentext This is the first book not only to detail the relationships neoliberalism encourages us to have but also to see how friendship can provide a bulwark of resistance to it. Written in an engaging style, it will be understandable to political theorists, philosophers, social scientists, and cultural theorists. Zusammenfassung This is the first book not only to detail the relationships neoliberalism encourages us to have but also to see how friendship can provide a bulwark of resistance to it. Written in an engaging style! it will be understandable to political theorists! philosophers! social scientists! and cultural theorists. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: NeoliberalismChapter 2: FiguresChapter 3: The Figures of NeoliberalismChapter 4: Varieties of FriendshipChapter 5: Deep Friendships Appendix to Chapter 5Chapter 6: Friendship as Alternative to NeoliberalismChapter 7: Friendship as Resistance to NeoliberalismChapter 8: Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Todd May, May Todd
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.06.2012
• EAN: 9780739175811
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-7581-1
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, Social & political philosophy, Economic theory & philosophy, social and political philosophy, Economic theory and philosophy, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies