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published on March 4, 2022
Michael Lamb
https://doi.org/10.5840/augstudies20223372
Augustine on Hope and Politics: A Response to Peter Iver Kaufman
This is the first of two responses to Peter Iver Kaufman¡¯s article, ¡°Hopefully, Augustine.¡± Michael Lamb, author of A Commonwealth of Hope: Augustine¡¯s Political Thought, analyzes the conceptual and interpretive assumptions related to hope and politics implicit in Kaufman¡¯s account. Lamb defends an account of hope as a virtue that allows properly ordered hope for political goods and considers the implications of a more expansive view of politics for understanding Augustine¡¯s thought.