Hope in political philosophy

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4079245
AutoresClaudia Blöser (0000-0001-7139-9686, Goethe University Frankfurt), J Huber (0000-0003-3156-1962, Goethe University Frankfurt, autor de correspondencia), Darrel Moellendorf (0000-0002-5600-8242, Goethe University Frankfurt)
Año2020
Volumen15
Número5
Fecha de publicación2020-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPhilosophy Compass (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1747-9991 • E-ISSN: 1747-9991
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/phc3.12665
OpenAlexW3017115965
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas22
Referencias citadas30

The language of hope is a ubiquitous part of political life, but its value is increasingly contested. While there is an emerging debate about hope in political philosophy, an assessment of the prevalent scepticism about its role in political practice is still outstanding. The aim of this article is to provide an overview of historical and recent treatments of hope in political philosophy and to indicate lines of further research. We argue that even though political philosophy can draw on recent analyses of hope in analytic philosophy, there are distinct challenges for an account of hope in political contexts. Examples such as racial injustice or climate change show the need for a systematic normative account that is sensitive to the unavoidability of hope in politics as much as its characteristic dangers

Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Injustice · Normative · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Skepticism · Social science · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics