{"product_id":"the-spirit-of-hope","title":"The Spirit of Hope","description":"\u003cp\u003eA spectre is haunting fear. We are constantly confronted with apocalyptic pandemics, world war, the climate catastrophe. Images of the end of the world and the end of human civilization are conjured up with ever greater urgency. Anxiously, we face a bleak future. Preoccupied with crisis management, life becomes a matter of survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut it is precisely at such moments of fear and despair that hope arises like a phoenix from the ashes. Only hope can give us back a life that is more than mere survival. Fear isolates people and closes them off from one another; hope, by contrast, unites people and forms communities. It opens up a meaningful horizon that re-invigorates and inspires life. It nurtures fantasy and enables us to think about what is yet to come. It makes action possible because it infuses our world with purpose and meaning. Hope is the spring that liberates us from our collective despair and gives us a future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this short essay on hope, Byung-Chul Han gives us the perfect antidote to the climate of fear that pervades our world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis audiobook is expertly read by Peter Noble, with audio engineering by Sam Platt. It was produced and published by Echo Point Books \u0026amp; Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Echo Point Books \u0026 Media","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":45964891193517,"sku":"9798349141492","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0700\/9134\/1997\/files\/TheSpiritofHope_cvr_web_aud.jpg?v=1777579184","url":"https:\/\/www.echopointbooks.com\/products\/the-spirit-of-hope","provider":"Echo Point Books \u0026 Media","version":"1.0","type":"link"}