Revolutionary Hope in a Time of Crisis consists of new cutting-edge essays written by interdisciplinary scholars, bringing together a range of intellectual traditions and perspectives. The contributors confront the challenge of relearning hope by exploring the politically transformative potential of past disappointments and defeats.

Introduction MaSa Mrovlje and Alex Zamalin Part 1: Rethinking the Relationship Between Loss and Revolutionary Politics 1. Gramsci and the Problem of Fatalism Lukas Slothuus 2. The Promise of Solidarity: Learning from Failure with Rosa Luxemburg MaSa Mrovlje 3. Between Loss and Hope: Reflections on the Black Revolutionary Tradition Alex Zamalin 4. Displacing Hope: A Black Thought Experiment Joseph Winters Part 2: Negative Affect, Mobilisation and the Troubles of Democracy 5. Staying with melancholy? An archive of the future's past Brigitte Bargetz 6. Negative Affect and Political (De)Mobilization Deborah Gould 7. Politics as Breath-work David McIvor Part 3: Resisting Resistance, Disavowal and Resilience 8. Existential Political Commitment and Radical Love as Resources Against Resisting Resistance Lewis R. Gordon 9. Revolutionary Nonviolence and the Problem of Disavowal Erin Pineda 10. The Promise of Resilience: Governance and Resistance in 'Complex Times' Alix Olson