Radical Hope
Ethics in the Face of Cultural Devastation
Jonathan Lear
Radical Hope explores the ethical inquiry of how to face the possibility of a collapsing culture. Using the history of Indian tribes and drawing on philosophy and psychoanalytic theory, the book delves into the story of the Crow Nation at an impasse, raising profound questions that challenge us all. It's a moving, philosophical inquiry into a unique vulnerability that affects all civilizations and goes to the heart of the human condition.
Publish Date
2006-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
2006-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
3.86
ISBN
9780674027466
Recommendations
2
Recommendations
2016-06-05T00:00:00.000Z
How does a society survive the complete collapse of its economic and ethical systems? Lear, a philosopher and historian, explains how the radical vision of Chief Plenty Coups saved his fellow Crow from physical and spiritual annihilation in the 1870s. This is one of the most profound and exciting books I have ever read. – source