How Friendship Works in Higher Education: Inclusive Friendship, Mimetic Theory, and the Liberal Arts
If, as the social sciences argue, knowledge is socially constructed, friendship is the traditional way of talking about relationships that construct knowledge well. An analysis of the value of friendship through mimetic theory, in dialogue with the social sciences and with literary examples drawn fr...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2021
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| In: | Enthalten in: Revista interdisciplinar de Teoría Mimética. Xiphias Gladius (ISSN 2531-0054) (2021), 4, Seite 48-66 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mimesis
B Girard, René 1923-2015 |
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| Summary: | If, as the social sciences argue, knowledge is socially constructed, friendship is the traditional way of talking about relationships that construct knowledge well. An analysis of the value of friendship through mimetic theory, in dialogue with the social sciences and with literary examples drawn from Dante, Tolkien, and Rowling, argues that institutions of higher education should emphasize the development of capacities for friendship through the shared pursuit of the liberal arts. |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.32466/eufv-xg.2021.4.680.48-66 |
