Hope without optimism /
Eagleton "considers the least regarded of the virtues. His meditation on hope begins with a firm rejection of the role of optimism in life's course. Like its close relative, pessimism, it is more a system of rationalization than a reliable lens on reality, reflecting the cast of one's...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Charlottesville :
University of Virginia Press,
2015.
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| Series: | Page-Barbour lectures ;
2014. |
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| Summary: | Eagleton "considers the least regarded of the virtues. His meditation on hope begins with a firm rejection of the role of optimism in life's course. Like its close relative, pessimism, it is more a system of rationalization than a reliable lens on reality, reflecting the cast of one's temperament in place of true discernment. Eagleton turns then to hope, probing the meaning of this familiar but elusive word. Is it an emotion? How does it differ from desire? Does it fetishize the future? |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 160 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813937342 0813937345 |