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This Volume Consists Of Eleven Chapters On Hope By Practitioners Of Various Disciplines, Bringing Together Perspectives From Literary Theory, Philosophy, Black Existentialist Thought, Psychology, Theology, Environmentalism, And Education Theory. There Is Broad Agreement That Hope Is The Desire For A Future Outcome And The Belief That The Outcome Is Attainable. Beyond These Necessary Conditions For Hope, Significant Disagreement Arises About Sufficiency Conditions. Moreover, Is Hope Always A Good In Our Lives? Does It Make Sense To Hope For Our Environment In The Face Of Radical Climate Change? Should People With Histories Of Oppression Hope, Or Would They Be Better Served By Other Attitudes, Such As Commitment? How Do Theological Perspectives On Hope Inform Our Lives? To Be Practically Efficacious, Should Fantasies About Hoped-for Ends Be Tempered By An Awareness Of Obstacles To Their Attainment? Upon What Should We Focus In Order To Hope Well? What Is The Relation Of Hope To Utopian Thinking? These And Other Questions Are Explored In This Unique Collection-- Provided By Publisher.