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Hope Without Optimism

Hope Without Optimism

Hope Without Optimism Hardback - 2015

by Terry Eagleton

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  • Title Hope Without Optimism
  • Author Terry Eagleton
  • Binding Hardback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 176
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville
  • Publication date 2015-09-09
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # A9780813937342
  • ISBN 9780813937342 / 0813937345
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.6 x 5.5 x 0.8 in (21.84 x 13.97 x 2.03 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Category Religion - Commentaries / Reference
  • Library of Congress subjects Hope, Optimism
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2015000683
  • Dewey Decimal Code 128
  • Quantity available 10

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In his latest book, Terry Eagleton, one of the most celebrated intellects of our time, considers the least regarded of the virtues. His compelling 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? Finally, Eagleton broaches a new concept of tragic hope, in which this old virtue represents a strength that remains even after devastating loss has been confronted.

In a wide-ranging discussion that encompasses Shakespeare's Lear, Kierkegaard on despair, Aquinas, Wittgenstein, St. Augustine, Kant, Walter Benjamin's theory of history, and a long consideration of the prominent philosopher of hope, Ernst Bloch, Eagleton displays his masterful and highly creative fluency in literature, philosophy, theology, and political theory. Hope without Optimism is full of the customary wit and lucidity of this writer whose reputation rests not only on his pathbreaking ideas but on his ability to engage the reader in the urgent issues of life.

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  • Choice, 03/01/2016, Page 0
  • Shelf Awareness, 09/15/2015, Page 0

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