The resilience of hope /
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| Imprint: | Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, ©2010. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (x, 188 pages). |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 68 At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 68. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11221790 |
| Summary: | Hope: What is it? How do we get it? Is it part of being human? Is it something that carries us through hard times? Is it something illusory? This book, which stems from the 4th Inter-Disciplinary.net conference on Hope: Probing the Boundaries held in September 2008 at Mansfield College in Oxford, England, explores all of these questions and many more. As a truly inter-disciplinary venture, this book approaches the theme of hope from the point of view of the philosophical, theological, political, literary, psychological, and sociological and presents hope not just as an abstract theme to be pondered but as an aspect of human living and thinking that has a profound impact on our lives. The conclusions reached in each chapter demonstrate the variety of ways in which hope is conceived as well as the tensions inherent in any discussion of the benefits of hope and the intricacies in dealing with hope on a theoretical and a practical level. This book is perfect for anyone wondering where hope fits into our lives during these troubling times. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 188 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9789042030237 9042030232 9789042030220 9042030224 |