Class 6: Political Hope

Learning Goals:

• Identify features of political hope
• Relate hope as an emotion connected to political values, beliefs, and practices
• Analyze the role of hope and fear in past and present politics and policies

To-Do (Prior to class):

• Read:
  • Van Hooft, “Hope” Chapter 4, Hope and Politics
  • Snow, “Hope as a Democratic Civic Virtue”
  • Warren, “Black Nihilism and the Politics of Hope”
  • Bar-Tal, Why Does Fear Override Hope”
• Listen
  • On Being Podcast, U.S. Senator Cory Booker: Civic Spiritual Evolution

For Futher Investigation:

• Scaffolding Collective Hope
• Finite disappointment, infinite hope?