The Hopeless

Philosophy Today 60 (4):851-858 (2016)
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This paper discusses hope and hopelessness in relation to history. It does so by turning to Benjamin’s famous statement that hope exists only for the hopeless, and to Derrida’s late thoughts on solitude and the world.

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10.5840/philtoday2016112132

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