Friendship as a Way of Life: Foucault, AIDS, and the Politics of Shared Estrangement

Friendship as a Way of Life is a groundbreaking book that offers a novel critique of contemporary GLBT political strategy through an in-depth exploration of Michel Foucault's late work on friendship.

By emphasizing the ethical implications of this work and advancing a new concept - friendship as shared estrangement - Tom Roach provides a fresh perspective on social movements such as ACT UP and the AIDS buddy system, as well as the literary and artistic work of Hervé Guibert and David Wojnarowicz.

This book is the first to exclusively focus on Foucault's work on friendship, reassessing Foucaultian queer theory in light of recent publications of the philosopher's final seminars at the Collège de France.

With its provocative thesis and original account of friendship, Friendship as a Way of Life is a must-read for anyone interested in queer theory, biopolitics, and the radical possibilities of friendship.