{"product_id":"gabriel-marcels-ethics-of-hope-jill-graper-hernandez-9781472505989","title":"Gabriel Marcel's Ethics of Hope: Evil, God and Virtue","description":"The idea of 'hope' has received significant attention in the political sphere recently. But is hope just wishful thinking, or can it be something more than a political catch-phrase? This book argues that hope can be understood existentially, or on the basis of what it means to be human. Under this conception of hope, given to us by Gabriel Marcel, hope is not optimism, but the creation of ways for us to flourish. War, poverty and an absolute reliance on technology are real-life evils that can suffocate hope. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarcel's thought provides a way to overcome these negative experiences. An ethics of hope can function as an alternative to isolation, dread, and anguish offered by most existentialists. This book presents Marcel's existentialism as a convincing, relevant moral theory; founded on the creation of hope, interwoven with the individual's response to the death of God. Jill Hernandez argues that today's reader of Marcel can resonate with his belief that the experience of pain can be transcended through a philosophy of hope and an escape from materialism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jill Graper Hernandez, Jill Graperhernandez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1472505980\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472505989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/23\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.36d","brand":"Jill Graper Hernandez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935477563647,"sku":"9781472505989","price":51.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0d0b59a9-ad7d-42c8-a0c4-c886658f744f.jpg?v=1681420032","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gabriel-marcels-ethics-of-hope-jill-graper-hernandez-9781472505989","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}