Redemptive hope from the age of enlightenment to the age of Obama /

"This is a book about the need for redemptive narratives to ward off despair and the dangers these same narratives create by raising expectations that are seldom fulfilled. The quasi-messianic expectations produced by the election of President Barack Obama in 2008, and their diminution, were st...

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Author / Creator: Lerner, Akiba (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Edition:First edition.
Imprint: New York : Fordham University Press, 2015.
Series:Commonalities
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Online Access:Available in ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete.