a 1 a p fo a Pa 6 , a mes on h a show for P a half thoug A Good N t Istan a pity th a pity t a shower i e was one a context w wrote : “ a flame in t n very dark a confidence ts . It is l a promise. ” O s located som a bibliography ddle East . I a “ Hope Syllabu essively a bibl a response to the ” I ’ ve been c A Sociology of Hop Chantal Mouffe ’ a “ democracy to co nected with the no a cynical withdrawal ary ? ” Agamben des a particular relation blinded by its ligh a light that strives b ontemporary is nostal a particular time yet s she is aware of her e a certain historical sen erogeneous , Agamben ar a particular relationship en hope and remembrance a full engagement with the w yet persistent work of a social reality larger tha t sense , being hopeful en a non-linear understanding o me . In that regard , hope a project-driven world where and meaning in the journey i a series works since the mid-1 for Mouffe refers to the set a society is created and govern to the uncontested hegemony o a rationalist and individualist ration this antagonistic dimens a compromise among competing inte negotiate a compromise among com a rational , fully inclusive conse us/them distinction of antagonis a way that is compatible with the r tion of pluralism . In other words a democracy that acknowledges the in wledges the ineradicable dimension a pluralist public space in which the blish a pluralist public space in wh a nonviolent way . For Mouffe , this e ails transforming antagonism to “ ago a situation where opposing political now an adversary rather than an enemy a final agreement can be reached . A ’ s understanding of the political is “ a hegemonic one established by a se cal is “ hegemony. ” Every social order a series of practices and institut egemonic one established by a series of p a context of contingency . In oth tutions within a context of contingency . a temporary and precarious artic order is a temporary and precarious articu a given moment as ‘ natural ’ o ng order to install another form of hegemony a complex argument into a bite her form of hegemony . It may not be fair to a bite-size portion , but for of radical democracy as the “ impossibility of a genuinely pluralistic demo s to remain pluralistic at all ) . That is , if a given order it would not rst place ; there wouldn ’ t be any differences a static situation that co . This would culminate in a static situation tha a totalitarian society . ’ s not going to be completely realized , it will a process [ i ] that we eed to despair . Laclau and Mouffe ’ s ideas about a project without an en our political struggles , without the expectation of a final destination . final destination . In the wake of the Jörg Haider m a right-wing mobiliza ddressed the concept of hope and its relation to passi a more direct manner material representations that evoke certain meanings an a flag , a song , a representations that evoke certain meanings and emotions a song , a style o ations that evoke certain meanings and emotions such as a a style of speaki the origin of racist articulations , the Left has been add a moralistic dis exploits . During the Gezi protests in June 2013 , I realiz a futile effort oğan supporters what the protests meant for the participants a “ coupt atte protests meant for the participants . It was not a “ coupt at a riot provok ed by “ foreign spies. ” Dialogue is possible if all sides sha a square mil 13 , the Prime Minister and the pro-government media started to a blatant l o circulate a blatant lie , now known as the “ Kabataş lie. ” Al a group of topless male Gezi protesters clad in black skinny leather pants a woman i tions failed to come to terms with the phenomenon . I found out Fr a concep Freud ’ s concept of “ illusion ” is mostly about religion , it ’ a usefu r helplessness [ 18 ] . Granted our psychological inclination for se a sour s the social sciences and the arts , I observe both fields are practi a cri f the times—as it has become common practice lately when , for instanc a pu ublic symposium on current issues in the contemporary dance field becom a c as become symptomatic of our epoch . Are we , perhaps , equating adoptin a nly describing and analyzing the world but also contributing to making it a