Event Time: 11am PT/2pm ET/7pm UK
The Philosophy of Hope
Alexander Douglas and Yarran Hominh with Helen De Cruz
We live in times of hopelessness. The social systems that we have built and in which we live are failing us. They condemn us to lives, at best, of meaningless labour – at worst, of suffering and domination at the hands of others. We are simultaneously destroying the earth systems on which these human social systems rely and with which they are entangled. Human life and more-than-human life are in tandem being laid to waste.
Amidst all this, can philosophy be a source of hope? Today it is common to believe that the answer is no – that providing hope, if it is possible at all, belongs either to the predictive sciences or to religion. Join three leading philosophers for a discussion of hope, hopelessness, Spinoza, beatitude, Daoism, freedom, activism, and much more! You can find out more and register here.
Find out more about our speakers:
https://axdouglas.com
https://yarranhominh.com
https://helendecruz.net
You can read Yarran Hominh’s essay, “The Hope of Public Philosophy” here.
You can read Alexander Douglas’ essay, “Philosophy and Hope” here.