The spirit of hope
Han, Byung-Chul2024
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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. In this short essay on hope, Byung-Chul Han gives us the perfect antidote to the climate of fear that pervades our world.
Main title:
The spirit of hope / Byung-Chul Han ; translated by Daniel Steuer.
Author:
Han, Byung-Chul, authorSteuer, Daniel, translator
Work:
Imprint:
Cambridge : Polity Press, 2024.
Collation:
111 pages
Notes:
Translated from the German.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781509565191 (hbk)
Dewey class:
128
Language:
EnglishGerman
BRN:
836606