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This collection brings together different philosophical points of view discussing two important aspects of human life, namely love and friendship, within the broad context of comparative philosophy. These points of view differ in terms of their cultural orientations - East or West, ancient or modern; philosophical methodologies - analytical, historical, experimental, or phenomenological, broadly construed; and motivation - explanatory, revisionary, or argumentative. The volume is a comparative treatment of how diverse philosophical cultures view love and friendship, such as how Aristotle and Confucius' views on friendship are similar and different, how the ancient Greeks and the Buddhists view friendship and happiness, and how posthumous love is possible. With contributions from a diverse set of scholars, this book presents the emerging views of Southeast Asian philosophers compared with those of philosophers from other regions, including Europe and North America. The volume thus provides a multi-faceted way of understanding love and friendship across cultures, and will be relevant to scholars interested in philosophy, the history of ideas, Asian Studies, and religious studies.
Contents
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES: ANCIENT.- Aristotle and Confucians on Friendship.- Aristotle's and Buddha's Notion of Happiness: A Comparative Study.- Friendship in Aristotle and Buddhism: Confluences and Divergences.- Philia and Agape: Ancient Greek Ethics of Friendship and Christian Theology of Love.- Towards a Confucian Ethics of Humane Online Relations.- Historical Perspectives: Modern and Contemporary.- When Pompey's Elephants Trumpeted for Mercy: Levinas and Solidarity for the Animal Face.- The Good in Articulation: Describing the Co-Constitution of Self, Practice, and Value.- Nietzsche on Actively Forgetting one's Promise.- Love as an Act of Resistance: Bell Hooks on Love.- Conceptual Analyses.- Posthumous Love as a Rational Virtue.- Awareness and Aloneness as Foundations of Love and Friendship.- Romantic Love as a Love Story.- For a Moment or for Eternity: A Metaphysics of Perduring Lovers.
