LEADER 03540nam 2200709 450 001 9910157843703321 005 20170919035430.0 010 $a0-8232-7243-5 010 $a0-8232-6795-4 035 $a(CKB)2660000000035142 035 $a(EBL)3430742 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001533151 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12642236 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001533151 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11476924 035 $a(PQKB)11287963 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001375192 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3430742 035 $a(EXLCZ)992660000000035142 100 $a20150512h20152015 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRedemptive hope $efrom the age of enlightenment to the age of Obama /$fAkiba J. Lerner 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aNew York :$cFordham University Press,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (248 p.) 225 1 $aCommonalities 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8232-6791-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMachine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- 1. Redemptive Hope and the Cunning of History -- 2. Revival of Messianic Hope -- 3. The God of Exodus and The School of Hope -- 4. Richard Rorty's Post-Metaphysical Social Hope -- Conclusion: Between Pragmatic and Messianic Hopes -- Notes -- Index. 330 $a"This is a book about the need for redemptive narratives to ward off despair and the dangers these same narratives create by raising expectations that are seldom fulfilled. The quasi-messianic expectations produced by the election of President Barack Obama in 2008, and their diminution, were stark reminders of an ongoing struggle between ideals and political realities. Redemptive Hope begins by tracing the tension between theistic thinkers, for whom hope is transcendental, and intellectuals, who have striven to link hopes for redemption to our intersubjective interactions with other human beings. Lerner argues that a vibrant democracy must draw on the best of both religious thought and secular liberal political philosophy. By bringing Richard Rorty's pragmatism into conversation with early-twentieth-century Jewish thinkers, including Martin Buber and Ernst Bloch, Lerner begins the work of building bridges, while insisting on holding crucial differences in dialectical tension. Only such a dialogue, he argues, can prepare the foundations for modes of redemptive thought fit for the twenty-first century"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aCommonalities (FUP) 606 $aHope 606 $aHope$xReligious aspects 606 $aHope$xReligious aspects$xJudaism 606 $aReconciliation$xReligious aspects 606 $aReligion and politics 606 $aReligion$xPhilosophy 606 $aPolitical science$xPhilosophy 606 $aJewish philosophy 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHope. 615 0$aHope$xReligious aspects. 615 0$aHope$xReligious aspects$xJudaism. 615 0$aReconciliation$xReligious aspects. 615 0$aReligion and politics. 615 0$aReligion$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aPolitical science$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aJewish philosophy. 676 $a320.01 700 $aLerner$b Akiba$01048324 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910157843703321 996 $aRedemptive hope$92476556 997 $aUNINA