The Spirit of Hope - Couverture rigide

Han, Byung-Chul

 
9781509565191: The Spirit of Hope
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1509565191 ISBN 13 : 9781509565191
Editeur : Polity Press, 2024

Synopsis

A spectre is haunting us: fear. We are constantly confronted with apocalyptic scenarios: pandemics, world war, the climate catastrophe. Images of the end of the world and the end of human civilization are conjured up with ever greater urgency. Anxiously, we face a bleak future. Preoccupied with crisis management, life becomes a matter of survival.

But it is precisely at such moments of fear and despair that hope arises like a phoenix from the ashes. Only hope can give us back a life that is more than mere survival. Fear isolates people and closes them off from one another; hope, by contrast, unites people and forms communities. It opens up a meaningful horizon that re-invigorates and inspires life. It nurtures fantasy and enables us to think about what is yet to come. It makes action possible because it infuses our world with purpose and meaning. Hope is the spring that liberates us from our collective despair and gives us a future.

In this short essay on hope, Byung-Chul Han gives us the perfect antidote to the climate of fear that pervades our world.

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À propos de l'auteur

Byung-Chul Han is the author of more than 20 books including The Burnout Society, Saving Beauty and The Scent of Time.

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Éditeur
Polity Press
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1509565191
ISBN 13 
9781509565191
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
111
Coordonnées du fabricant
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