The contributions in this volume, written by leading scholars in the philosophy of hope, gives a systematic overview over the philosophical history of hope, about contemporary debates and about the role of hope in our collective life.

1. Claudia Blöser & Titus Stahl: The Moral Psychology of Hope. An IntroductionPart I: Hope in the History of Philosophy2. Douglas Cairns: Hope in archaic and classical Greek 3. Anne Jeffrey: Hope in Christianity4. Claudia Blöser: Hope in Kant 5. Roe Fremstedal: Kierkegaard on Hope as Essential to Selfhood6. Sarah Stitzlein: Pragmatist Hope Part II: The Nature of Hope7. Katie Stockdale: Emotional hope 8. Matthew Benton: Epistemological aspects of hope9. Samantha Vice: Pessimism and the Possibility of Hope10. Nancy E. Snow: Is Hope a Moral Virtue?11. Matthew W. Gallagher, Johann M. D'Souza & Angela L. Richardson: Hope in Contemporary Psychology12. Rika Dunlap: A Zen Buddhist Conception of Hope in Enlightenment Part III: Social Contexts of Hope13. Adrienne M. Martin: Interpersonal Aspects of Hope14. Darrel Moellendorf: Hope for Material Progress in the Age of the Anthropocene15. Titus Stahl: Political Hope and Cooperative Community