The Spirit of Hope

“A beautiful and stirring meditation on how we might rediscover our belief in the future, in spite of our hopeless times.”William Davies, author of Nervous States: How Feeling Took Over the World“I never got the memo that acting smart was about making people feel paralysed. I was only ever in it to spark some hope. It’s nice to have a buddy – gives me hope – and I … hope this lovely little book will be your buddy too. I really hope. The real thing. The antidote, the genuinely future future.”Timothy Morton, author of Hell: In Search of a Christian Ecology“Soulful … a rousing case for holding onto hope even, and perhaps especially, in times of hardship. This is sure to lift readers’ spirits.”Publishers Weekly“As a philosopher, Han has a spiritual bent … But his basic premise doesn’t have to be religious; it suggests only that the world contains untold potential, that what we see in front of us isn’t all that there will ever be.”Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker“this stirring book will strike a chord with many readers”Front Porch Republic“a beautiful book on the nature of hope”Nick Cave, Red Hand Files“one of the most popular philosophers of the current era”ArtReview“this call to mental arms offers flickers of needed inspiration”The Arts Fuse

Byung-Chul Han is the author of more than 20 books including The Burnout Society, Saving Beauty and The Scent of Time.