Preston King, a political philosopher, has held chairs at the University of Nairobi, the University of New South Wales (Sydney), and Lancaster University. He is a visiting professor in the Leadership Center at Morehouse College (Atlanta), and in the philosophy department at the University of East Anglia (UK). He is the author of such books as Fear of Power, The Ideology of Order, Toleration, Federalism and Federation, along with Thinking Past A Problem: Essays on the History of Ideas (2000). He is the founder and co-editor of CRISPP (Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy). With H. Devere, he co-edited (2000) The Challenge to Friendship in Modernity.

Previously published as a special issue of the Critical Review of Social and Political Philosophy, this volume throws light on the place of friendship in politics by connecting theoretical questions to empirical answers.

Section 1: Analysing Friendship 1. Friendship in Politics 2. Friendship and the Political 3. Equality and Friendship Section 2: Friendship & Thinkers 4. Kierkegaard on Friendship 5. Arendt on Friendship 6. Schmitt on Friendship & Enmity Section 3: Friendship within Nations 7. Friendship and Revolution 8. Civic Friendship Section 4: Friendship Between Nations 9. Friendship & the International System 10. International Friendship