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A Philosophical Analysis of Hope

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  • © 2004

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  1. Jayne M. Waterworth
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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Jayne M. Waterworth
    Pages 1-2

  3. An Analysis of Everyday Hope

    • Jayne M. Waterworth
    Pages 3-30

  4. Phenomena in the Neighbourhood of Hope

    • Jayne M. Waterworth
    Pages 31-66

  5. The Domain of Agency and its Perspectives

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    Pages 67-92

  6. Meaning in Life: Confronted by Suffering

    • Jayne M. Waterworth
    Pages 93-117

  7. Meaning in Life: Confronted with Death

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    Pages 118-142

  8. Summary

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    Pages 143-145

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 146-184
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About this book

Despite the familiarity of hope in human experience, it is a phenomenon infrequently considered from a philosophical point of view. This book charts the centrality of hope in thought and action from first, second and third person perspectives. From everyday situations to extreme circumstances of trial and endings in life, the contours of hope are given a phenomenological description and subjected to conceptual analysis. This consistently secular account of hope sheds a different light on questions of agency and meaning.

About the author

JAYNE WATERWORTH held posts at the Nationa University of Singapore and University of Umeå, Sweden. She contributed to chapters to Vidgade Vyer: Globalt Perspektiv på Idéhistoria and Palliativ Vard; Etiska Och Filosofiska Aspekter. Her areas of research interest include medical and bioethics, moral psychology, philosophy in youth education and political philosophy.

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