Hope: The Janus-faced virtue (with feathers)

In this essay we argue for the Janus-faced nature of hope. We show that attempts to sanitise the concept of hope either by separating it conceptually from other phenomena such as wishful thinking, or, more generally, by seeking to minimise the negative aspects of hope, do not help us to understand t...

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Authors: Schrader, Michael (Author) ; Levine, Michael P. 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham [2019]
In: European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 11, Issue: 3, Pages: 11-30
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Geertz, Clifford 1926-2006 / Pataki, Tamas / Hope / Ambiguity / Religion / Wish fulfillment
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AE Psychology of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
Further subjects:B Desire
B Wish-fulfillment
B Religion
B Virtue
B Hope
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