Comparison Of Utopianism And An Ethos Of Hope

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Anderson, Ben. "“Transcending Without Transcendence”: Utopianism and an Ethos of Hope." Antipode 38.4 (2006): 691-710. Academic Search Premier. Web. 6 Nov. 2014.
The essay discusses how today, there is a hope and desire for utopianism around the world but the problem lies of how to achieve this. It tells of how Ernst Bloch reinvented the idea of utopianism as a sort of process which is said to end in sure utopianism if followed. To achieve this, the ethos of hope will allow us to endure the bad in this world and if we all are hopeful, it will end. If we can simply find hope in tragic situations, we can create a utopian geography where these things do not prevail.
This essay argues for a utopic geography that connects with the world
In his book, he notes things anticipatory consciousness (such as wishful thinking and daydreams), wishful images (such as travel, theatre, and fairy tales), outlines of a better world (including modern medicine, art, and philosophy) and several experiences (such as happiness, religion, and friendship) as the ethos of hope in a utopian geography. “The Principle of Hope” offers us a new resolution to the question of how to think between utopia and reality if both are coupled instead of categorically unconnected. While it is now recognized that there is significance in the practice of utopianism, it is not understood that utopianism involves a practice of imagination that pictures an alternate ending and can also be defined as a means of transformative intervention that strives to give and find hope through the eagerness of alternate likelihoods or potentialities. In theoretical terms, it shouldn’t be defined by a precise set of skills and practices but through the ethos of hope that enables transformative intervention in an elusive, unspecified, utopic process.
Carr, Edward G. "The Expanding Vision of Positive Behavior Support: Research Perspectives on Happiness, Helpfulness, Hopefulness." Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions 9.1 (2007): 3-14. Academic Search Premier. Web. 6 Nov.
Hope was described in several ways such as specific for the immediate future, what hope meant to them, what gave them hope, what took away their hope, and when they felt hopeless with the most popular entry being, “I hope tomorrow is better.” It was also found that social support played an important role in raising the caregivers’ and patients’ hope whether from family, close friends, doctors, and nurses. Caregivers wrote about their different trials, both daily and emotional. They dealt with the lack of time and vitality to do all the things they needed including time to take care of themselves. They also engaged in assorted self-care methods including yoga, and running to help deal with stress as well as journaling about the heavy and sometimes opposing emotions about caregiving. The caregivers were normally afraid of the future and the unsureness of the health of their care receivers. They conveyed uneasiness about precise things such as the patients response to treatment, stressful doctor’s appointments, and guilt whenever they were away but still chose hope even if they knew there was not a cure for their loved one’s