Self, Hope, and the Unconditional Kierkegaard on Faith and Hope

After years of pragmatic and strategic thinking within the contemporary political debate, the concept of hope has reappeared on the agenda, most prominently in the American president Barack Obama’s rhetoric of hope. This is interesting news, as it holds the potential to revitalize both the political...

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Published inAnthropology and Philosophy Vol. 4; p. 228
Main Author Anders Moe Rasmussen
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Berghahn Books 15.01.2015
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Edition1
Subjects
Animals
Axiology
Behavioral sciences
Bioethics
Biological sciences
Biology
Cognitive psychology
Concept of being
Concept of mind
Consciousness theory
Continental philosophy
Doctrinal theology
Emotion
Emotional states
Environmental ethics
Environmental philosophy
Environmental studies
Ethics
Faith
Hope
Human existence
Human life
Humans
Mammals
Metaphilosophy
Metaphysics
Mind
Monopsychism
Nihilism
Ontological properties
Ontology
Personality
Personality psychology
Philosophy
Philosophy of mind
Primates
Psychology
Religion
Self
Self consciousness
Social & cultural anthropology
Social & political philosophy
Systematic theology
Theology
Western philosophy
Zoology
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Summary:After years of pragmatic and strategic thinking within the contemporary political debate, the concept of hope has reappeared on the agenda, most prominently in the American president Barack Obama’s rhetoric of hope. This is interesting news, as it holds the potential to revitalize both the political and the cultural debate, which are stuck in discourse theory and the platitudes of anti-ideology. However, the exact meaning of this new talk of hope still remains somewhat unclear. What is more, we have yet to consider whether it makes any sense at all to speak about hope in a contemporary context. Perhaps the
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