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philosophy, religion, and political theory
How and why should hope play a key role in a twenty-first century democratic politics? Alan Mittleman offers a philosophical exploration of the theme, contending that a modern construction of hope as an emotion is deficient. He revives the medieval understanding of hope as a virtue, reconstructing this in a contemporary philosophical idiom. In this framework, hope is less a spontaneous reaction than it is a choice against despair; a decision to live with confidence and expectation, based on a rational assessment of possibility and a faith in the underlying goodness of life. In cultures shaped b.
The character of hope -- The virtue of hope: Aquinas: hope as a passion; Aquinas: hope as a virtue; Albo on hope; after Aquinas and Albo -- The negation of hope: ancients; moderns; Spinoza; Schopenhauer; Nietzsche -- The faith of hope: hope in the Hebrew scriptures; hope in early Judaism; hope in early Christianity; post-New Testament development -- Philosophies of hope: Condorcet; Kant; Blocjh; Arendt -- Theologies of hope: Herman Cohen: messianism as politics; Franz Rosenzweig: Judaism as an anti-politics; Martin Buber: politics on the narrow ridge; Walter Rauschenbusch: the social gospel of hope; Stanley Hauerwas: the church as the place of hope; Jürgen Moltmann: a political theology of hope; Catholicism on hope and politics: the church in the modern world.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-281) and indexes.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009