Hope and its peril

In recent years, political education has once again increasingly focused on emotions. However, if you take a closer look, it becomes clear that not all emotions seem to be of interest, but only certain ones. There is often talk of fear, anger and hatred, envy and disgust, despair and sullenness. What becomes apparent here is that feelings, even if political education suddenly takes an interest in them, are understood as social pathologies that need to be dealt with - and if possible overcome. But what about positive feelings, courage and determination, joy and gratitude, love, hope and confidence? At best, they only appear in passing. Positive feelings seem suspicious. They have a placating character. With their help, one could be content with the status quo. Feelings seem to have no critical impetus and a critical attitude is important for political education. In this first audio piece from the DAS JODDID LIEST series, we would like to address the question of whether and in what way hope can be defined as a category of political education and what consequences arise from such a perspective.