Hope and the Kantian Legacy : New Contributions to the History of Optimism (Hardcover)

George Di Giovanni (McGill University, Canada) Foreword Anna Ezekiel (Independent Researcher, Hong Kong)/Katerina Mihaylova (MLU Halle-Wittenberg, Germany) Introduction Gunter Zoller (LMU Munich, Germany) 1. Between Need and Permission: The Role of Hope in Kant's Critical Foundation of Moral Faith Andrew Chignell (Princeton, USA) 2. Hope but Not Optimism: The Kantian Mind at the End of All Things Lawrence Pasternack (Oklahoma State University, USA) 3. Hope for Divine Aid in Kant's Religion Fiacha D. Heneghan (Vanderbilt University, USA) 4. Kant, Beck and the Highest Good Ingomar Kloos (Independent Researcher) 5. Between Faith and Reason: Is J. H. Tieftrunk's Concept of Hope a Postulate? Michael Weiß (LMU Munich, Germany) 6. Aesthetics of Hope: Kant, Fichte, and Seckendorff on Prospective Thinking as Acting and Its Performance Rory Phillips (University College London, UK) 7. Fichte on Optimism and Pessimism Kevin Harrelson (Ball State University, USA) 8. The Autonomy of the Heart: Forberg on Action without Belief Katerina Mihaylova (MLU Halle-Wittenberg, Germany) 9. Mind Subverted to Madness: The Psychological Force of Hope as an Affect in Kant and J.C. Hoffbauer Susan-Judith Hoffmann (McGill University, Canada) 10. Humboldt, Language, Bildung and Hope Jorg Noller (LMU Munich, Germany) 11. What May I Hope? Schleiermacher's Answer to Kant's Third Question Cristiana Senigaglia (University of Trieste, Italy /LMU Munich, Germany) 12. C. A. Eschenmayer: History as the Realm of Freedom and Moral Progress Paul G. Ziche (Utrecht University, Netherlands) 13. Undirected Directionality: Jakob Friedrich Fries on Hope, Faith, and Comprehensive Feelings Daniel Whistler (University of London, UK) 14. In the Hope of a Philosopher of Nature Anna Ezekiel (Independent Researcher) 15. Knowledge, Faith and Ambiguity: Hope in the Work of Novalis and Karoline von Gunderrode Allen Speight (Boston University, USA) 16. Friedrich Creuzer and the Claims of the Symbolic Marie-Michele Blondin (College Montmorency, Canada) 17. When my Heart says so. Hope as Delusion in Schopenhauer's Philosophy Esther Oluffa Pedersen (Roskilde University, Denmark) 18. Kierkegaard on Hope and Faith Bibliography Index