Hope: Global Interdisciplinary Perspectives
edited by Whitney Bauman
ISBN: 978-1-904710-54-7
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CONTENTS
Introduction
Part I: Philosophical Perspectives
Moral Theory and Hope
Andreas Lind
Distinguishing between Hope and Despair
Ariel Meirav
Transcendent, Sublime Hope as an Antidote to the Ethos of Pride and Commodity Culture
Beverly Sherringham
Modes of Hoping and the Utopian Impulse
Darren Webb
The Spirit of Hope and Its Near Enemy Indifference: A Phenomenological Continuum
Janette E. McDonald
The Scandalously Impure: Hope for Transcending Cultural Norms
Ariella Linovski
The Rationality of Hope
Nancy Mardas Billias
Hope and Reason: The Desire of Immortality in Spanish Philosophy
Pedro Jesus Perez Zafrilla
In Between Hope and Despair: Notes on the Dialectic Hermeneutics of ‘Being’
Ruhtan Yalciner
The Phenomenology of Hope
Tanim Laila
Post-Foundational Hopes for Eco-Social Transformations in an Era of Globalization and Global Climate Change
Whitney Bauman
An Investigation on the Possibility of Mutual Understanding in a Pluralistic World
Siavosh Naderi Farsani and Mohammad Javad Abolghasemi
Part II: Psychological Perspectives
From Cure to Quality of Life: The Shifting Meaning of Hope at the End of Life
David B. Feldman, Julia Kasl-Godley, Amirah Khouzam, Nicholas E. Pisca, Ana P. Cabrera, and Melody Donboli
Theatre and Counseling: Factories of Hope and Resilience
Edgar R. Sanchez
Consistency of the Optimism-Pessimism Variable: The Role of Emotions
Shlomo Kaniel and Yifat Harpaz-Itay
Part III: Literature, Art, and Hope
Finding Life in the Liminal: The True Voice in the Cinematic Narration of a Psychopath
Phil Fitzsimmons
Hope in Despair, or the Expressive Void of Art
Tomasz Wisniewski
Phenomenology of Hope and Despair: A Qur’anic Perspective
Noor Mohammad Osmani
Part IV: Engaged Projects of Hope
Freedom, Democracy, Affirmative Action, Employment and Equity: The Current Landscape of Post-Apartheid South Africa. Are We Opening or Closing Futures?
Fredelene Elie and Tshepiso Matentjie
Changing Perceptions of Opportunities: Hope for Young People in High HIV-Risk Environments
David Harrison, Linda Richter and Chris Desmond
NGOs in Brazil: Hope is not a verb…it is an adverb; It is Not and Action, It is a Modality
Mariangela Marcello
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