Phoenix rising from contemporary global society / edited by Lisa Ortiz and Denis O'Hara.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ortiz, Lisa, editor.

O'Hara, Denis, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Inter-Disciplinary Press, [2014]

Summary:

Hope is not only a rich and complex topic, but one which deserves a central place within our collective disciplinary and social dialogue. The papers collected in this volume take different approaches to hope: from philosophy and spirituality, via pedagogy and healing, the volume concludes with showcasing visual evocations of hope.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Authors: Lisa Ortiz and Denis O'Hara

Three Spheres of Hope: Generalised, Particularised and Transformative / Denis J. O'Hara

Ernst Bloch's Psychology of Hope: The Unlikely Alliance of Despair and Wonder / Nicola Sayers

Anxiety and Hope: A Kierkegaardian Take on the 'Pathologies of Possibility' of the Present Age / Kresten Lundsgaard-Leth

Tentative Expressions of Hope in Pop Songs Dealing with Rape / Daniela Chana

Hopeful Citizens: The Societal Preconditions of Hope / Signe Wolsgård Krøyer

Hope and the Emergence of Spirituality Studies / John L. Hochheimer

Ecological Pedagogy through Real Life Learning: Hope for an Educational Future / Authors: Eelco Buitenhuis and Ineke Edes

Hope or Literary Value: Different Keys to Read Literature / Patrícia Trindade Nakagome

'Hope' in the World of Albert Camus / Sabanur Yılmaz

Scientific Progress: A Hope or an Illusion? How Post-War Science Playwrights Responded to This Dichotomy / Seyedeh Anahit Kazzazi

Hope and Hopelessness: Turkey's New Cinema / Cagri Inceoglu

Contemporary Doorways: The Synchronicity of Hope and Despair / Lisa Ortiz.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-84888-334-X

OCLC:

1237867892

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781848883345 DOI