According to David Schimke's article The Morning After in The Utne Reader:
"As philosopher and egalitarian intellectual Cornel West writes in his new book, Hope on a Tightrope, wisdom 'comes from wrestling with despair and not letting despair have the last word. That's why hope is always bloodstained and tear-soaked.
And hope gives us strength to continue to try to...keep struggling for more love, more justice, more freedom, and more democracy.'"
West's notion of hope appears to transcend the easy word many bandy about. It's dialectically entwined with despair. I admire West's quote and look forward to reading his book.
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