Historical and Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Hope

This open access volume makes an important contribution to the ongoing research on hope theory by combining insights from both its long history and its increasing multi-disciplinarity. In the first part, it recognizes the importance of the centuries-old reflection on hope by offering historical pers...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: van den Heuvel, Steven C. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020.
Edition:1st ed. 2020.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Historical Perspectives on Hope
  • Chapter 1. Hope in Ancient Greek Philosophy (G. Scott Gravlee)
  • Chapter 2. Early Christian Thinking on Hope (Martin I. Webber & Jacobus (Kobus) Kok)
  • Chapter 3. Hope as a Virtue in the Middle Ages (Andrew Pinsent)
  • Chapter 4. Enlightenment Views of Hope (Claudia Blöser)
  • Chapter 5. Post-Kantian to Postmodern Considerations of (Theological) Hope (Ronald T. Michener)
  • Part II: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Hope
  • Chapter 6. Philosophy of Hope (Michael Milona)
  • Chapter 7. Hope in Theology (David Elliot)
  • Chapter 8. The Psychology of Hope: A Diagnostic and Prescriptive Account (Anthony Scioli)
  • Chapter 9. Hope in Economics (Emma Pleeging & Martijn Burger)
  • Chapter 10. Hope During Conflict (Oded Adomi Leshem & Eran Halperin)
  • Chapter 11. Hope in Health Care: A Synthesis of Review Studies (Erik Olsman)
  • Chapter 12. Ecological Hope (Michael S. Northcott)
  • Chapter 13. An Ontology of Human Flourishing: Economic Development and Epistemologies of Faith, Hope, and Love (Jan van Vliet).