TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kret,  Lisa
TI  - Hope in Environmental Philosophy
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Allendale
PB  - Springer
KW  - hope
KW  - despair
KW  - ecological catastrophe
N2  - Ecological philosophy requires a significant orientation to the role of hope in both theory and practice. I trace the limited presence of hope in ecological philosophy, and outline reasons why environmental hopelessness is a threat. I articulate and problematize recent environmental publications on the topic of hope, the most important worry being that current literature fails to provide the necessary psychological grounding for hopeful action. I turn to the psychology of hope to provide direction for conceptualizing hope and actualizing hoped for states of affairs. If positive moral action is the goal, hope is a vital concept for underwriting ecological philosophy and a practice requiring considerably more attention
UR  - DOI 10.1007/s10806=012-9425-8
ER  -