Abstract

GARZON MORALES, Cristian Camilo. Getting Involved Actively in Common Life: An Invitation from the Concept of Friendship in Gadamer. Eidos [online]. 2020, n.33, pp.195-217.  Epub May 23, 2021. ISSN 1692-8857.

The aim of the present article is to emphasize and revive Gadamer's appropriation of the concept «friendship» (the greek philía). I will try to construe its specific sense as a sort of exhortation, a contribution made, not by an expert or specialist, but by a citizen that interprets his own reality. First we will see how this call can be identified as a characteristic tendency of Gadamer's analysis of actual social problems. Then we will see in the notion of friendship a way to face (according to our author) the evasion of the self by recovering from the oblivion the authentic links with the others which are always present as an open possibility, but which need to be made effective in the active involvement of each and everyone of us.

Keywords : Friendship; isolation; involvement; Gadamer; common life.

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