Description
Hope emerges in the space between our most significant desires and the vicissitudes that define the human condition. The challenges of a recent pandemic and renewal of ancient hostilities around the globe add to a growing list of concerns about the sustainability of life on this planet. The need for hope has never been more palpable. The Oxford Compendium of Hope is the most comprehensive collection of research and scholarship on this topic, with contributions from over 70 scholars across fourteen disciplines. The latest theoretical and empirical research in the humanities, social sciences, and medicine are included along with chapters on race, gender, and the LGBTQ+ experience, as well as migration and human rights. Additional sections address hope in economics, organizational leadership, ecology, technology, and the arts. Extracts from seminal contributions include the philosophical and theological insights of Bloch, Lynch, Marcel, and Moltmann; Cowan on the Australian dreamtime; Menninger and Hinds from psychiatry and nursing; Capps on the development of hope; and Sikkink on human rights. The fifty-six chapters are divided into twelve sections. To encourage greater interdisciplinary collaboration, the placement of adjacent chapters and sections presume fewer degrees of "epistemological distance" (i.e., common concerns and similar methodologies). The concluding chapter deals with key conceptual issues that confront serious students of hope as well as potential blind spots. Forewords for this compendium were provided by Jan Peter Balkenende, former prime minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, along with Kerry Kennedy, President of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Foundation. This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction Steven C. van den Heuvel & Anthony Scioli Part I: Hope in Pre-20th Century Western Thought Chapter 2: Hope in Hebrew and Early Christian Sacred Writings Martin I. Webber & Koert van Bekkum Chapter 3: Hope in Ancient Greece and Rome Scott G. Gravlee Chapter 4: Hope in the Middle Ages Andrew Pinsent Chapter 5: Hope in Early Modernity Katy Dineen Chapter 6: Hope in Nineteenth Century Philosophy Roe Fremstedal Part II: 20th Century Classics on Hope Chapter 7: Hope for Psychiatry Reprinted extracts from Karl Menninger, The Academic Lecture: Hope Chapter 8: Hope in the Embedded Imagination Reprinted extracts from William Lynch, Images of Hope Chapter 9: Hope and the Condition Humaine Reprinted extracts from Gabriel Marcel, Homo Viator Chapter 10: Hope in the 'Not-Yet-Become' Reprinted extracts from Ernst Bloch, The Principle of Hope Chapter 11: Hope and Transformative Eschatology Reprinted extracts from Jürgen Moltmann, Theology of Hope Part III: Hope in Philosophy Chapter 12: Hope and Existentialism Brendan Sweetman Chapter 13: Hope and Pragmatism Alexis Dianda Chapter 14: Hope and Positivity Ariel Meirav Chapter 15: Hope and Political Philosophy Nicholas Smith Chapter 16: Hope and Moral Psychology Adrienne Martin Part IV: Hope in World Religions Chapter 17: Hope in Judaism Akiba J. Lerner Chapter 18: Hope in Christianity Edward Brooks Chapter 19: Hope in Islam Matthew Niemi Chapter 20: Hope in Buddhism and Hinduism Paul van der Velde & Ernest Ng Part V: Hope in Indigenous Faiths and in Nonreligious Spirituality Chapter 21: Hope in Indigenous Australian Religion Reprinted extracts from James Cowan, Mysteries of the Dreamtime Chapter 22: Hope in Native American Religious Traditions Jace Weaver Chapter 23: Hope in African Spirituality Avivit Cherrington Chapter 24: Hope in Non-Religious Spirituality Steven C. van den Heuvel Part VI: Hope in Psychology Chapter 25: Hope in Human Development Reprinted extracts from Donald Capps, Agents of Hope Chapter 26: Hope in Emotion and Basic Needs Anthony Scioli Chapter 27: Hope in Cognition Matthew Gallagher, Lia J. Smith, Elijah R. Murphy & Amy R. Senger Chapter 28: Hope in Counseling Denise J. Larsen, Rebecca Hudson Breen, Kenneth Murdoch & Chelsea Hobbs Part VII: Hope in Illness and Health Chapter 29: Hope and Pediatric Illness Naomi T. Katz, Melissa Heywood & Elaine C. Meyer Chapter 30: Hope and Adolescent Cancer Reprint from Pamela Hinds, The Hopes and Wishes of Adolescents with Cancer and the Nursing Care that Helps Chapter 31: Hope and Adult Chronic Illness Wendy Duggleby Chapter 32: Hope in Palliative Care Erik Olsman Chapter 33: Hope in the Immune System Anthony Scioli & Sherine F. Elsawa Part VIII: Hope in Anthropology and Sociology Chapter 34: Hope in Anthropology Stef Jansen & Judy Thorne Chapter 35: Hope and Gang Involvement Jana Grekul Chapter 36: Hope and Homelessness M. Therese Seibert & Cathy Kuhn Chapter 37: Hope in Migration Ayse Parla Chapter 38: Hope in Changing Social Imaginaries Paul James Part IX: Hope in Diversity and Equity Chapter 39: Hope and Human Rights Reprinted extracts from Kathryn Sikkink, Evidence for Hope Chapter 40: Hope and Antiracist Practice Alix Olson & Alexander Zamalin Chapter 41: Hope and Feminist Theory Kathie Stockdale Chapter 42: Hope in LGBTQ+ Persons Paul Kwon & Aaron Aguilar-Bonnette Part X: Hope in Economics and Organizational Leadership Chapter 43: Hope in Behavioral Economics Emma Pleeging & Martijn Burger Chapter 44: Hope as an Economic Virtue Deirdre McCloskey Chapter 45: Hope and Poverty in Development Economics Travis Lybbert & Bruce Wydick Chapter 46: Hope and Leadership in Organizations Arne Carlsen & Lloyd E. Sandelands Part XI: Hope in Ecology and Technology Chapter 47: Hope and Climate Change Elin Kelsey Chapter 48: Hope and Political Ecology Steven C. van den Heuvel Chapter 49: Hope and Transhumanism Raymond Hausoul Chapter 50: Hope and Artificial Intelligence Beth Singler Chapter 51: Hope and Social Media Michael Opgenhaffen, Jonathan Hendrickx & Anthony Scioli Part XII: Hope in the Arts Chapter 52: Hope in Literature Tim DeJong Chapter 53: Hope in Drama Jack Isaac Pryor Chapter 54: Hope in Film Rinke Dellebeke-van Hell Chapter 55: Hope in Music Kellie D. Brown Chapter 56: Conclusion Anthony Scioli & Steven C. van den Heuvel
