Mara van der Lugt

'Dark Matters'

Bog | Engelsk

An intellectual history of the philosophers who grappled with the problem of evil, and the case for why pessimism still holds moral value for us today In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, philosophers engaged in heated debates on the question of h

'Hopeful Pessimism'

Bog | Engelsk

Why hopeful pessimism is not a contradiction in terms but a powerful source of moral and political commitment The climate debate is rife with calls for optimism. While temperatures rise and disasters intensify, we are asked to maintain optimism and hope,