TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schumacher,Bernard
TI  - A Philosophy of Hope: Josef Pieper and the Contemporary Debate on Hope 
T2  - Moral Philosophy and Moral Theology
SN  - 9780823295043
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - New York, NY : 
PB  - Fordham University Press, 
KW  - PHILOSOPHY / Religious
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; INTRODUCTION --; 1 The Anthropological and Ontological Foundations of Human Hope --; 2 Characteristics of Human Hope --; 3 The Distinction Between Ordinary and Fundamental Hope --; 4 The Extreme Opposites of Hope: Presumption and Despair --; 5 Death as the Enemy of Hope --; 6 Hope and History --; CONCLUSION --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX; restricted access
N2  - Josef Pieper was one of this century’s most influential thinkers. A leading Catholic philosopher, he won a wide audience through such books as The Four Cardinal Virtues and About Love. This book is one of few extended studies of Pieper’s thought—in particular, of the concept of hope. Pieper was one of the first modern philosophers to explore the idea of hope, and Schumacher discusses his development alongside contributions by Sartre, Jaspers, Marcel, Heidegger, Bloch, and other thinkers. He examines Pieper’s treatment of hope as an aspect of individual potential and as an historical force, exploring such themes as dignity, ethics, the good, and the just
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823295043
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780823295043
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780823295043/original
ER  -