Hope: The Janus-faced virtue (with feathers)
In this essay we argue for the Janus-faced nature of hope. We show that attempts to sanitise the concept of hope either by separating it conceptually from other phenomena such as wishful thinking, or, more generally, by seeking to minimise the negative aspects of hope, do not help us to understand t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2019]
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European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 11, Issue: 3, Pages: 11-30 |
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Geertz, Clifford 1926-2006
/ Pataki, Tamas
/ Hope
/ Ambiguity
/ Religion
/ Wish fulfillment
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AE Psychology of religion AG Religious life; material religion |
| Further subjects: | B
Desire
B Wish-fulfillment B Religion B Virtue B Hope |
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