Redemptive Hope : From the Age of Enlightenment to the Age of Obama /

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"This is a book about the need for redemptive narratives to ward off despair and the dangers these same narratives create by raising expectations that are seldom fulfilled. The quasi-messianic expectations produced by the election of President Barack Obama in 2008, and their diminution, were st...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lerner, Akiba (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Rorty, Richard > Political and social views.
HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.
RELIGION / Atheism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory.
Jewish philosophy.
Political science > Philosophy.
Religion > Philosophy.
Religion and politics.
Reconciliation > Religious aspects
Hope > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Hope > Religious aspects.
Hope.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Redemptive Hope and the Cunning of History
  • 2. Revival of Messianic Hope
  • 3. The God of Exodus and The School of Hope
  • 4. Richard Rorty's Post-Metaphysical Social Hope
  • Conclusion: Between Pragmatic and Messianic Hopes
  • Notes
  • Index.

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