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Theories of Hope: Exploring Affective Dimensions of Human
Experience is a collection of essays dedicated to inquiring into
the nature of hope in its multiple and varied guises. Looking
specifically at the ways in which some experiences of hope emerge
within contexts of marginalization, transgression, and inquiry,
this volume seeks to explore the experiences of hope through a lens
of its more challenging aspects.
Freedom and Limits is a defense of the value of freedom in the
context of human finitude. A contribution to the American tradition
of philosophy, it focuses attention on moral problems as we
encounter them in daily life, where the search for perfection and
the incessant drive to meet obligations make it difficult to attain
satisfaction. The book argues that uniformity is unproductive:
Human natures are varied and changeable, making the effort to
impose a unitary good on everyone futile. Moreover, we don't need
to strive for more than what is good enough: Finite achievements
should be adequate to satisfy finite people. The ultimate aim of
the book is to reclaim the role of philosophy as a guide to life.
In doing so, it presents discussions of such important philosophers
as Fichte, Hegel, Peirce, Dewey, James, and, above all, Santayana.
Freedom and Limits is a defense of the value of freedom in the
context of human finitude. A contribution to the American tradition
of philosophy, it focuses attention on moral problems as we
encounter them in daily life, where the search for perfection and
the incessant drive to meet obligations make it difficult to attain
satisfaction. The book argues that uniformity is unproductive:
Human natures are varied and changeable, making the effort to
impose a unitary good on everyone futile. Moreover, we don't need
to strive for more than what is good enough: Finite achievements
should be adequate to satisfy finite people. The ultimate aim of
the book is to reclaim the role of philosophy as a guide to life.
In doing so, it presents discussions of such important philosophers
as Fichte, Hegel, Peirce, Dewey, James, and, above all, Santayana.
In this original contribution to the American philosophical
tradition, Patrick Shade makes a strong argument for the necessity
of hope in a cynical world that too often rejects it as foolish.
While most accounts of hope situate it in a theological context,
Shade presents a theory rooted in the pragmatic thought of such
American philosophers as C. S. Peirce, William James, and John
Dewey. Shade first discusses the particular hopes we pursue and
then turns to the habits of hope - persistence, resourcefulness,
and courage - that are vital to their realization. Indeed, habits
of hope are the basis for developing hopefulness, a complex habit
that nurtures and sustains us even when we fail to realize
particular hopes. Hopefulness, Shade maintains, enables us to avoid
the paralysis of despair. Throughout the discussion, Shade gleans
insights from a variety of sources, most notably John Steinbeck's
The Grapes of Wrath and Stephen King's novella ""Rita Hayworth and
the Shawshank Redemption,"" but also from the real-life experiences
of such heroes as Cedric Jennings and Martha Manning. These
examples embody and illuminate the concept of hope and offer
incentive and illustrations for developing a hopeful life. Shade's
account shows how we can make hoping practical without forfeiting
its unique capacity to help us grow.
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