Oppression and the Struggle for Hope
Date
2017-08-23T13:13:57Z
Authors
Stockdale, Katie
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Abstract
This dissertation aims to understand how hope is formed and lost in human lives; particularly, by revealing the ways in which patterns of privilege and oppression can affect the hopes we come to form, and those that are out of our reach. I offer a perceptual account of hope according to which hope involves perception, belief, and desire, as well as a normative framework for evaluating hope. Orienting the dissertation around hope in the face of social and political injustices under oppression, I demonstrate the complex relationship between hope and the emotion of moral anger in these circumstances, and the potential role of hope in collective struggles against oppression.
Description
Keywords
Hope, Oppression, Anger, Bitterness, Solidarity, Faith, Emotion