{"product_id":"friendship-and-happiness-and-the-connection-between-the-two-9781476668963","title":"Friendship and Happiness: And the Connection Between the Two","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tim Delaney | Tim Madigan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This philosophical and sociological look at friendship and happiness begins with a review of Aristotle's three categories of friendship--friends of utility, friends of pleasure and friends of the good. Modern variations--casual friends, close friends, best friends--are described, along with the growing phenomena of virtual friendships and cyber socialization in the Internet age. Inspired in part by Bertrand Russell's \u003ci\u003eThe Conquest of Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e, the authors propose that conquering \u003ci\u003eunhappiness\u003c\/i\u003e is key to achieving the self-satisfaction Russell called zest and Aristotle called \u003ci\u003eeudaimonia\u003c\/i\u003e or thriving by our own efforts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46474230694039,"sku":"9781476668963","price":2844.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781476668963.jpg?v=1766266518","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/friendship-and-happiness-and-the-connection-between-the-two-9781476668963","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}