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Book SynopsisTheories of Hope: Exploring Affective Dimensions of Human Experience is a collection of essays dedicated to inquiring into the nature of hope in its multiple and varied guises. Looking specifically at the ways in which some experiences of hope emerge within contexts of marginalization, transgression, and inquiry, this volume seeks to explore the experiences of hope through a lens of its more challenging aspects.
Trade ReviewThis book is not only a first rate philosophical study of hope, it also instills hope. It weds philosophical rigor with wisdom, illumining hope at the social and political margins as well as pluming its depths in the human condition. The reader will find it uplifting. -- Alan Mittleman, The Jewish Theological Seminary of America
These eight original essays contribute to a broader, ongoing effort to push our thinking about hope beyond the level of greeting cards and political slogans. In addition to some key historical explorations of the concept, Green’s carefully curated anthology includes new ideas from well-known theorists of hope as well as some first-time efforts by younger voices. It is also impressively methodologically diverse. This is an excellent place to start thinking about the crucial roles that hope plays across our various life stages and political contexts. -- Andrew Chignell, Princeton University
Table of ContentsIntroduction, by Rochelle Green Part I: Theory Section One: Expanding the View of Hope from the Margins Chapter 1. Faces of Hope, by Nancy Snow Chapter 2. Secular Hopes in the Face of Death, by Luc Bovens Section Two: Hope and Transgression Chapter 3. Shame, Hope, and the Courage to Transgress, by Patrick Shade Chapter 4. Redemptive Transgressions: The Dialectical Evolution of Hope and Freedom in the West, by Akiba Lerner Part II: Application Section Three: Hopes and Histories Chapter 5. Historia Abscondita: Or, on Nietzsche, Hope, and History, by Allison Merrick Chapter 6. Cultivating Hope in Feminist Political Praxis, by Rochelle Green Section Four: Application and Policy Implementation Chapter 7. Education and the Construction of Hope, by Darren Webb Chapter 8. Hope, the Environment, and Moral Imagination, by Lisa Kretz
