Los Angeles Pierce Cultural Devastation and Social Violence Comparative Essay

Jonathan Lear claims that Plenty Coup’s dreaming and imaginative processes are an integral part of his movement towards “radical hope” in the aftermath of social violence and cultural devastation. Why does he argue this? What is the evidence he uses to support this argument? Lear also argues that Plenty Coup’s hope and leadership are acts of courage and wisdom. How so? Do you agree or disagree?

The answer will be strengthened by reference to ideas and concepts that have been discussed in this book, such as the notions of selfscape dreams, transitional objects and potential spaces, illusion and wishful thinking, empathy, personal symbols and subjectifications, the relationality and paradoxes of hope, etc. Also, remember that any concepts used, by Lear, must be clearly defined and cited with the author’s name and page number.

Remember to develop the thesis as clearly and coherently as possible. It is better to develop and support one idea well than to throw out a number of ideas or thoughts that are disconnected or incoherent. It is important that proper citations are used so that the evaluations, the quotations and ideas drawn from the readings are clear.

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12 ppt.

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4 pages