From friendship as ethos to friendship as pathos: Aristotle, Nietzsche and Foucault facing the problem of political bonding
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This article aims to examine the ontological particularities that sustain two opposing perspectives on political bonding. First, friendship will be analyzed in the Aristotelian conception as an ethical model, highligting its hierarchical and imposing ontological foundation. In contrast, the ideas of Michel Foucault, influenced by the work of Nietzsche, will be addressed, proposing a conception of the political relationship that rests on the absence of foundation, thus allowing the interpretation of the notion of friendship in an an-archical key.
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