Introduction: Reasons, itineraries and journey
1. Theoretical and Empirical Background for a Sociology of Hope
2. Hope in the Classics of Sociology
3. Hope in Latin American Social Theory
4. Women and Hope: Between political engagement and the social sciences
5. In the footsteps of revolution as the theoretical origin of the Sociology of Hope.
6. Theories of Utopia as a platform for Hope
7. Social Change, Sociology, and Hope
8. Collective action as hopeful practices
9. From Love to Hope
10. Sociology of Hope and the Humanities as a Science of Life
Biography
Adrian Scribano is Director of the Centre for Sociological Research and Studies (CIES estudiosociologicos.org) and a Principal Researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research of Argentina. He is also the Director of the Latin American Journal of Studies on Bodies, Emotions and Society, and the Program of Study of Bodies, Emotions and Society at the Gino Germani Research Institute, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires. He is Chercheur Associé LEIRIS (Laboratoire d’études interdisciplinaires sur le Réel et les imaginaires sociaux) Paul Valéry Montpellier 3 au Département de sociologie de l’UFR 5 (Faculté des Sciences du Sujet et de la Société) and Adjunct Professor at Torrens University Australia.
