Joy: Loving the World in Dark Times

How can we experience joy in dark times, and what does it mean to truly love the world amidst suffering, injustice, and uncertainty? This volume, based on the Hannah Arendt Center’s 17th annual fall conference, explores joy as a complex and vital force. Drawing on philosophy, literature, the arts, and lived experience, contributors examine how joy differs from happiness, how it can foster resilience, and how it connects us to meaning beyond ourselves. Engaging with Arendt’s concept of Amor ...