From the Budapest School to Intellectual Friendships: Reflections with Ágnes Heller and Immanuel Kant

• Authors: Rundell John
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Rather than considering those thinkers identified with the Budapest School in institutional terms, this paper suggests that the notion of friendship is a more appropriate way to consider the thinkers formerly associated with such a “school.” This paper explores the condition and disposition of friendship through the works of Ágnes Heller and Immanuel Kant, especially, to throw light on the notion and practice of modern friendship in the context of the historical dissolution of philosophical schools, including the Budapest School. This paper explores how modern friendship – its cultivation and dispositions – might be understood.

Keywords

EN

Budapest School; Budapest friends; Ágnes Heller; Immanuel Kant; friendship

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydział Filozofii
• Journal: Edukacja Filozoficzna
• Year: 2022
• Issue: 74
• Pages: 251-269

Contributors

author

Rundell John

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