Hope and the Kantian Legacy

Katerina Mihaylova is Lecturer in Philosophy at MLU Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. Anna Ezekiel is Honorary Fellow at the University of York, UK, and Visiting Faculty at Parami University, Myanmar.

• Foreword, George Di Giovanni (McGill University, Canada)Introduction, Anna Ezekiel (Independent Researcher, Hong Kong) and Katerina Mihaylova (MLU Halle-Wittenberg, Germany) 1. Between Need and Permission: The Role of Hope in Kant’s Critical Foundation of Moral Faith, Günter Zöller (LMU Munich, Germany), translated by Anna Ezekiel (Independent Researcher, Hong Kong) and Katerina Mihaylova (MLU Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)2. Hopeful Pessimism: The Kantian Mind at the End of all Things, Andrew Chignell (Princeton, USA)3. Hope for Divine Aid in Kant’s Religion, Lawrence Pasternack (Oklahoma State University, USA)4. Kant, Beck and the Highest Good, Fiacha D. Heneghan (Vanderbilt University, USA)5. Between Faith and Reason: Is J. H. Tieftrunk’s Concept of Hope a Postulate?, Ingomar Kloos (Independent Researcher), translated by Anna Ezekiel (Independent Researcher, Hong Kong)6. Fichte on Optimism and Pessimism, Rory Phillips (University College London, UK)7. The Autonomy of the Heart: Forberg on Action without Belief, Kevin Harrelson (Ball State University, USA)8. Mind Subverted to Madness: The Psychological Force of Hope as an Affect in Kant and J.C. Hoffbauer, Katerina Mihaylova (MLU Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)9. What May I Hope? Schleiermacher’s Answer to Kant’s Third Question, Jörg Noller (LMU Munich, Germany)10. C. A. Eschenmayer: History as the Realm of Freedom and Moral Development, Cristiana Senigaglia (University of Trieste, Italy /LMU Munich, Germany)11. Undirected Directionality: Jakob Friedrich Fries on Hope, Faith, and Comprehensive Feelings, Paul G. Ziche (Utrecht University, Netherlands)12. Humboldt, Bildung, Language, and Hope, Susan-Judith Hoffmann (McGill University, Canada)13. In the Hope of a Philosopher of Nature, Daniel Whistler (University of London, UK)14. Knowledge, Faith and Ambiguity: Hope in the Work of Novalis and Karoline von Günderrode, Anna Ezekiel (Independent Researcher, Hong Kong)15. Friedrich Creuzer and the Claims of the Symbolic, Allen Speight (Boston University, USA)16. When my Heart says so… Hope as Delusion in Schopenhauer’s Philosophy, Marie-Michele Blondin (Collège Montmorency, Canada)17. Hope And Faith: Kierkegaard’s Call for the Self to develop its Relationship to Itself, Esther Oluffa Pedersen (Roskilde University, Denmark)Index

Was darf ich hoffen? - What may I hope? This volume is an indispensable source for everyone interested in the enlightenment prehistory of Kant’s third question, Kant’s philosophy of hope itself, and especially its post-Kantian appropriation. The contributions are highly instructive, insightful, and thought-provoking.