On The Theory Of Gadamer’s Friendship

Hans-Georg Gadamer is the famous philosopher in 20th century, mainly researched into hermeneutics and Practical philosophy, one important topic of which is concept of friendship. In modern times, the dominant epistemology was severely criticized. As a result, the practice of philosophy in the Western world has been developing rapidly. Friendship has gradually been forgotten for a long period. Kant described friendship roughly for a few words in ethics.Determined to revive the ancient Greek tradition of Aristotle, Hans-Georg Gadamer regarded the friendship as their own main research on practical philosophy. Friendship, the basis for building peace and solidarity in the community, has occupied a vital position in the human development process. Only by living together human beings can let friendship to has a long life, avoid conflict, understand each other, and therefore we can achieve common progress.Great philosophers have also explored ways to achieve friendship, for example Hegel put forward the theory of "struggle for recognition" in his dialectics, master and slave struggle for recognition whose aim is to restore friendship and not just to fight. Marx’s labor theory of alienation critique seeks for the scientific method to overcome the self-alienation. From the spiritual point of view, Freud tells humans how to overcome their mental disorders, kept self-maintaining consistent and realized friendship. People develop good habits through a variety of ways to explore friendly way, acquired through education, deconstruction stable life together to achieve good pursuit, so as to achieve the status of friendship, peace and solidarity.Gadamer’s concept of friendship has theoretical and practical meanings, there is a content and ethical concept of the future development of mankind. It goes beyond the Kantian form ethics, to overcome the empty abstraction, with better ethics around the world, ways and means which can be practical and actionable. Meanwhile, the concept of respect for the friendly community of destiny, interest groups and individuals to achieve unity, which help humanity overcome selfish individualism, beyond the utilitarian ethics. Thus, the modern culture which for health rational self-help mankind towards peace and friendly community has meaning. Friendship will help people achieve self-harmonious development, and maintenance of their homes to live together.