Tenacious hope, the heart of a just and free society. During the
Enlightenment, Scottish intellectuals and administrators met the
demands of profit and progress while shepherding concerns for
self and other, individual and community, and family and
work. Communication Ethics and Tenacious Hope captures
the “unity of contraries,” offering the Scottish Enlightenment
as an exemplar of tenacious hope countering the excesses of
individualism. Ronald C. Arnett reveals two stories: the struggle
between optimism and tenacious hope, and optimism’s ultimate
triumph in the exclusion of difference and the reification of
progress as an ultimate good. In chapters that detail the
legacies of Lord Provost George Drummond, Adam Smith, David Hume,
Thomas Reid, George Campbell, Adam Ferguson, and Sir Walter Scott,
Arnett highlights the problematic nature of optimism and the
ethical agency of tenacious hope. Arnett illustrates the creative
union of education and administration, the ability to accept doubt
within systems of knowledge and imagination, and an abiding
connection to local soil. As principles of progress, free
will, and capitalism swept Europe, proponents of optimism
envisioned a world of consumerism and absolutes. In contrast,
practitioners of tenacious hope embraced uncertainty and compassion
as pragmatic necessities. This work continues Arnett’s
scholarship, articulating the vital importance of communication
ethics. Those seeking to discern and support a temporal
sense of the good in this historical moment will find in this
timely work the means to pursue, hold, and nourish tenacious hope.
This insightful theorization of the Scottish Enlightenment distills
the substance of a just and free society for meeting dangerous and
uncertain times.
General
| Imprint: |
Southern Illinois University Press
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
2022 |
| Authors: |
Ronald C. Arnett
• Thomas M Lessl
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
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| Pages: |
304 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8093-3853-5 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
0-8093-3853-X |
| Barcode: |
9780809338535 |
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