Resistance of Hope: A Pedagogical Response to the Politics of Fear

This article explores hope as a pedagogical and political resource for countering the resignation fostered by neoliberalism and the politics of fear mobilised by the radical right. Drawing on Paulo Freire and critical pedagogy, it conceptualises hope as an educable disposition integrating emotional, cognitive, and practical dimensions. It argues that Global Citizenship Education can cultivate critical hope, strengthening political imagination, democratic participation, and collective agency for global social justice. It also introduces the contribution of embodied and experiential learning through a pedagogy of the sublime. Cultivating hope means enabling learners to imagine alternative futures and participate in their construction.