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7650675Pursuing Hope in the Premodern Worldhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/pursuing-hope-in-the-premodern-world-9783031854064/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/7277732/image.jpg?v=638885055671930000MXNSpringer Nature SwitzerlandInStock/Ebooks/<p>This open access book provides the first scholarly account of the role of hope and hopefulness from the perspective of social and cultural life in ancient, medieval and early modern societies. This edited collection brings together fourteen chapters based on case-studies from its contributors, along with a theoretical chapter that serves as the introduction. Throughout history, people have gone on with their lives despite many kinds of trials and tribulations. In this, hope, understood as a future-oriented positive disposition, has been a major driving force to manage uncertainty, mitigate despair, and to give meaning to living. This book analyzes these life situations and changing responses to them in the context of hope and futurity in a longue durée perspective.</p>...7258593Pursuing Hope in the Premodern World00https://www.gandhi.com.mx/pursuing-hope-in-the-premodern-world-9783031854064/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/7277732/image.jpg?v=638885055671930000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20259783031854064_W3siaWQiOiIyNTVjZDgzNC00ODUzLTQ4N2ItOTRmNS04NDI2MjFhNmZlOGQiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjAsImRpc2NvdW50IjowLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjAsImluY2x1ZGVzVGF4Ijp0cnVlLCJwcmljZVR5cGUiOiJXaG9sZXNhbGUiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6Ik1YTiIsImZyb20iOiIyMDI1LTA3LTIwVDA0OjAwOjAwWiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9XQ==9783031854064_<p>This open access book provides the first scholarly account of the role of hope and hopefulness from the perspective of social and cultural life in ancient, medieval and early modern societies. This edited collection brings together fourteen chapters based on case-studies from its contributors, along with a theoretical chapter that serves as the introduction. Throughout history, people have gone on with their lives despite many kinds of trials and tribulations. In this, hope, understood as a future-oriented positive disposition, has been a major driving force to manage uncertainty, mitigate despair, and to give meaning to living. This book analyzes these life situations and changing responses to them in the context of hope and futurity in a longue durée perspective.</p>...9783031854064_Springer Nature Switzerlandlibro_electonico_9783031854064_9783031854064InglésMéxico2025-07-18T00:00:00+00:002025-07-18T00:00:00+00:00Springer Nature Switzerland