%0 Journal Article %T Im Namen des Bruders: Fraternalit t in Freundschaftsdiskursen der Antike, des Mittelalters und der Fr¨¹hen Neuzeit %A Andreas Kra£¿ %J Behemoth : a Journal on Civilisation %D 2011 %I University of Freiburg %X Focusing on Aristotle¡¯s ¡®Nikomachean Ethics¡¯, Cicero¡¯s ¡®Laelius On Friendship¡¯, Aelred of Rievaulx¡¯s¡®On Spiritual Friendship¡¯ and Michel de Montaigne¡¯s ¡®Essay on Friendship¡¯, the following essayanalyses the relationship of friendship and fraternality in premodern discourses. With referenceto Jacques Derrida¡¯s book ¡®Politics of Friendship¡¯, the essay suggests that the traditionally highlypraised intimacy between male friends is based on the marginalisation of those who cannot bebrothers because of their descent: women and strangers. %K Freundschaft %K Br¨¹derlichkeit %K Nation %K Frauenfeindlichkeit %K Ausl nderfeindlichkeit %U www.degruyter.com/dg/viewarticle.fullcontentlink:pdfeventlink/contentUri?format=INT&t:ac=j$002fbehemoth.2011.4.issue-3$002fbehemoth.2011.020$002fbehemoth.2011.020.xml