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GR-AtICH |
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150525s2014 nyu b 001 0 eng c |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780801452840 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
302.34 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Jusdanis, Gregory, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1955- |
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6794 |
| 245 12 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
A tremendous thing : |
| Remainder of title |
friendship from the Iliad to the Internet / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Gregory Jusdanis. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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Ithaca : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Cornell University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2014. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
x, 213 p. ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-209) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
The politics of friendship -- Mourning becomes friendship -- Duty and desire -- Friends and lovers -- Afterword: digital friends. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"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 is 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 frienship, 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.<br/>Investigating th eethics, aesthetics, adn politics of friendship, Jusdanis draws from the earliest writings to the present, from the Epic of Glgamesh 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 frienship with mourning? Des 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 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 empaty." -- Provided by the publisher. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Friendship |
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13338 |
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Friendship in literature |
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5705 |
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Social networks |
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13339 |
