A Philosophy of Human Hope (Studies in Philosophy and

A Philosophy of Human Hope (Studies in Philosophy and Religion, 9)

Few reference works in philosophy have articles on hope. Few also are systematic or large-scale philosophical studies of hope. Hope is admitted to be important in people's lives, but as a topic for study, hope has largely been left to psychologists and theologians. For the most part philosophers treat hope en passant. My aim is to outline a general theory of hope, to explore its structure, forms, goals, reasonableness, and implications, and to trace the implications of such a theory for atheism or theism. What has been written is quite disparate. Some see hope in an individualistic, often existential, way, and some in a social and political way. Hope is proposed by some as essentially atheistic, and by others as incomprehensible outside of one or another kind of theism. Is it possible to think consistently and at the same time comprehensively about the phenomenon of human hoping? Or is it several phenomena? How could there be such diverse understandings of so central a human experience? On what rational basis could people differ over whether hope is linked to God? What I offer here is a systematic analysis, but one worked out in dialogue with Ernst Bloch, Immanuel Kant, and Gabriel Marcel. Ernst Bloch of course was a Marxist and officially an atheist, Gabriel Marcel a Christian theist, and Immanuel Kant was a theist, but not in a conventional way.
Country USA
Brand Springer
Manufacturer Springer
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber biography
ReleaseDate 1987-03-31
UnitCount 1
EANs 9789024733545

Country	USA
Brand	Springer
Manufacturer	Springer
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	biography
ReleaseDate	1987-03-31
UnitCount	1
EANs	9789024733545

A Philosophy of Human Hope (Studies in Philosophy and Religion, 9)

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