Is Political Friendship Possible?

Hannah Arendt and Care for the World

Hannah Arendt says that friendship is a public phenomenon, not a matter of private interest.

A friend, in her sense, isn’t someone you grab a beer with after work, or even someone you confide in. A friend, in her sense, may or may not be someone you visit in the hospital or congratulate upon an achievement. A friend is an equal with whom one disagrees, …