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HOPE: Human Odyssey to Political Existentialism
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Prologue/Lesson 1: What are We? Who am I?
The Jumping Off Place
The Jumping Off Place
What is Human Nature?
What is Human Nature?
The Great Chain of Being
The Great Chain of Being
Homo Politicus
Homo Politicus
Be Yourself! How Am I Not Myself?
Be Yourself! How Am I Not Myself?
Us and Them, Us vs. Them
Us and Them, Us vs. Them
Lesson 2: Freedom and Reflection
Are We Free? Liberty, Freedom, and Bad Faith
Are We Free? Liberty, Freedom, and Bad Faith
The Lock of Liberty & the Flight from Freedom
The Lock of Liberty & the Flight from Freedom
You Talkin' to Me?
You Talkin' to Me?
Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
The Evil of Banality
The Evil of Banality
Joshua Oppenheimer's "The Act of Killing"
Joshua Oppenheimer's "The Act of Killing"
Lesson 3: Be Happy But Remember Death
Shiny, Happy People
Shiny, Happy People
The Politics of Happiness
The Politics of Happiness
The Dancing Dead
The Dancing Dead
The Deadly Triangle of Politics
The Deadly Triangle of Politics
Lesson 4: Meaning
Is that All there is?
Is that All there is?
Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning
The Politics of Meaning
The Politics of Meaning
Why Breathe? Why Breed?
Why Breathe? Why Breed?
Lesson 5: Truth and Trust
Facts, Fiction, and Fantasy
Facts, Fiction, and Fantasy
Out of the Cave?
Out of the Cave?
The Power of Truth
The Power of Truth
2+2=5?
2+2=5?
Lesson 6: Morality
For Kith and Kin?
For Kith and Kin?
Either/Or
Either/Or
Behind, and Beyond, Good and Evil
Behind and Beyond, Good and Evil
Always Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide?
Always Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide?
The Experiment
The Experiment
A Tale of Two Guillotines
A Tale of Two Guillotines
Lesson 7: God and Religion
The Sacrifice
The Sacrifice
The Creation
The Creation
God Save Leviathan!
God Save Leviathan!
For the Love of God! The Bonfire of the Vanities
For the Love of God! The Bonfire of the Vanities
God is Dead! Long Live God!
God is Dead! Long Live God!
Lesson 8: Alienation and Love
Is There Anybody Out There?
Is There Anybody Out There?
All You Need Is Love?
All You Need Is Love?
Free Love
Free Love
1+1 = 0
1+ 1 = 0
Love Making Politics
Love Making Politics
Epilogue: Hope
Before the Law
Before the Law
Looking for a Human
Looking for a Human
The End of the Road
The End of the Road
The Tenacity of Hope
The Tenacity of Hope
My Hope Now (Room 102)
My Hope Now (Room 102)
The Jumping Off Place 
What is Human Nature?
The Great Chain of Being
Homo Politicus
Be Yourself! How Am I Not Myself?
Us and Them, Us vs. Them
Are We Free? Liberty, Freedom, and Bad Faith
The Lock of Liberty & the Flight from Freedom
You Talkin' to Me?
Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
The Evil of Banality
Joshua Oppenheimer's "The Act of Killing"
Shiny, Happy People
The Politics of Happiness
The Dancing Dead
The Deadly Triangle of Politics
Is that All there is?
Man's Search for Meaning
The Politics of Meaning
Why Breathe? Why Breed?
Facts, Fiction, and Fantasy
Out of the Cave?
The Power of Truth
2+2=5?
For Kith and Kin?
Either/Or
Behind, and Beyond, Good and Evil
Always Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide?
The Experiment
A Tale of Two Guillotines
The Sacrifice
The Creation
God Save Leviathan!
For the Love of God! The Bonfire of the Vanities
God is Dead! Long Live God!
Is There Anybody Out There?
All You Need Is Love?
Free Love
1+1 = 0
Love Making Politics
Before the Law
Looking for a Human
The End of the Road
The Tenacity of Hope
My Hope Now (Room 102)