Theories of Hope

Exploring Alternative Affective Dimensions of Human Experience

Edited by Rochelle M. Green - Contributions by Nancy Snow; Luc Bovens; Patrick Shade; Akiba Lerner; Allison Merrick; Rochelle M. Green; Darren Webb and Lisa Kretz

Theories 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.

Lexington Books

Pages: 202 • Trim: 6 x 9¼

978-1-4985-6362-8 • Hardback • December 2018 • $111.00 • (£85.00)

978-1-4985-6363-5 • eBook • December 2018 • $105.50 • (£82.00)

Subjects: Philosophy / Mind & Body, Philosophy / General, Philosophy / Movements / Existentialism, Philosophy / Aesthetics, Psychology / Social Psychology

Theories of Hope

Exploring Alternative Affective Dimensions of Human Experience

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Summary

Theories 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.

Details

Lexington Books

Pages: 202 • Trim: 6 x 9¼

978-1-4985-6362-8 • Hardback • December 2018 • $111.00 • (£85.00)

978-1-4985-6363-5 • eBook • December 2018 • $105.50 • (£82.00)

Subjects: Philosophy / Mind & Body, Philosophy / General, Philosophy / Movements / Existentialism, Philosophy / Aesthetics, Psychology / Social Psychology

Author

Rochelle M. Green is lecturer at California State University, San Marcos

Table of Contents

Introduction, 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

Reviews

This 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

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, University Center for Human Values at Princeton University