Hope in a Democratic Age

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Hope in a Democratic Age is written by Alan L. Mittleman and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0191700835 (ISBN 10) and 9780191700835 (ISBN 13).

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.