Hope and Despair: How Perceptions of the Future Shape Human Behavior
By Anthony Reading.
Description
Humans, unlike all other animals, are endowed with the capacity for hope and despair. This unique ability allows us to generate positive or negative expectations about the future, regardless of present circumstances, and engage in behaviors that shape our future. Although hope has been the engine of civilization, its evanescent nature has made it an elusive target for the behavioral sciences, which have largely ignored the topic. Hope has more often been the province of philosophy, religion, and poetry.For psychiatrist Anthony Reading, hope's power to shape human behavior is worthy of ...
ISBN(s)
0801879485, 9780801879487
