Hopeful Pessimism fiction 25 Felix Salten

Felix Salten

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” — Andrew Weil

Dark powers have been unleashed across the galaxy

the devious and the truly shocking

Hopeful Pessimism fiction 25 Felix SaltenWhy hopeful pessimism is not a contradiction in terms but a powerful source of moral and political commitment The climate debate is rife with calls for optimism. While temperatures rise and disasters intensify, we are asked to maintain optimism and hope, as if the real threat is pessimism and despair. In this erudite and engaging book, Mara van der Lugt argues that this is a mistake: crude optimism can no longer be a virtue in a breaking world, and