Cruel Optimism
In Cruel Optimism, Lauren Berlant examines the attachments that organize hope, desire, and everyday experience. The book considers how optimism can sustain people while also tying them to difficult or compromised conditions, offering a challenging work of cultural criticism about endurance and the pursuit of a better life.
About This Book
Cruel Optimism is a work by Lauren Berlant focused on the relationship between desire, hope, and the conditions of everyday life.
The book considers why people remain attached to objects, goals, or expectations that may complicate their ability to flourish.
Its subject is optimism not simply as positive feeling, but as an attachment with consequences.
Written as cultural criticism, the book explores how personal experience and broader social conditions shape one another.
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