{"product_id":"the-spirit-of-hope-hardback-9781509565191","title":"The Spirit of Hope (Hardback) 9781509565191","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Spirit of Hope\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eByung-Chul Han (Author), Daniel Steuer (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509565191, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 27 September 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e111 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.3 x 14.7 x 1.5 cm, 0.272 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Arts Fuse\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eRecommended Books of 2025\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A beautiful and stirring meditation on how we might rediscover our belief in the future, in spite of our hopeless times.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Davies, author of \u003ci\u003eNervous States: How Feeling Took Over the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I never got the memo that acting smart was about making people feel paralysed. I was only ever in it to spark some hope. It's nice to have a buddy – gives me hope – and I... hope this lovely little book will be your buddy too. I really hope. The real thing. The antidote, the genuinely future future.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimothy Morton, author of \u003ci\u003eHell: In Search of a Christian Ecology\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Soulful... a rousing case for holding onto hope even, and perhaps especially, in times of hardship. This is sure to lift readers' spirits.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"As a philosopher, Han has a spiritual bent... But his basic premise doesn't have to be religious; it suggests only that the world contains untold potential, that what we see in front of us isn't all that there will ever be.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoshua Rothman,\u003ci\u003e The New Yorker\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This stirring book will strike a chord with many readers\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFront Porch Republic\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"a beautiful book on the nature of hope\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNick Cave,\u003ci\u003e Red Hand Files\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"one of the most popular philosophers of the current era\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtReview\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This call to mental arms offers flickers of needed inspiration\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Arts Fuse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Han asks much of hope in this forthright book that answers a number of philosophical and political questions about his work... \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit of Hope\u003c\/i\u003e will satisfy longtime readers by clarifying the political dimensions of his thought.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Wyllie,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Plough\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit of Hope\u003c\/i\u003e, the usually dour Han proselytizes for a concept of hope that transcends the satisfactions of facile optimism.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Arts Fuse\u003c\/i\u003e Recommended Books of 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Spirit of Hope \u003c\/i\u003eoffers short, concise sentences to inspire thought and reflection, making the publication accessible to a broad audience.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePneuma\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA 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.  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this short essay on hope, Byung-Chul Han gives us the perfect antidote to the climate of fear that pervades our world.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Prelude\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Hope and Acting\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. Hope and Knowledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. Hope as a Form of Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52165124981016,"sku":"9781509565191","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509565191.jpg?v=1781088771","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-spirit-of-hope-hardback-9781509565191","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}