This paper examines expressed hopelessness among environmental activists in Extinction Rebellion. While activists claim that they have lost all hope for a future without global warming and species extinction, through despair emerges a new hope for saving what can still be saved—a hope for what is left. This radical hope, emerging from despair, may make Extinction Rebellion even more effective. Drawing from personal interviews with 25 Extinction Rebellion activists in the United Kingdom and the published work of other Extinction Rebellion activists, this paper identifies signs of radical hope. While activists have cast off false hope and passive hope, a new hope for what is still possible remains. This hope is based on virtue ethics: doing what is right in the moment, rather than being attached to a desired outcome. This drives forward activism despite the results. Through their principle of regenerative culture, Extinction Rebellion activists learn to support each other and be prepared for a more turbulent and challenging future. Through a regenerative culture they can salvage and repair what is left and sustain radical hope.

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激进的希望：对灭绝叛乱中剩下的东西的真相、美德和希望

本文考察了灭绝叛乱中环保活动家表达的绝望。虽然活动家声称他们对没有全球变暖和物种灭绝的未来已经失去了所有希望，但绝望中出现了拯救仍然可以拯救的东西的新希望——对剩下的东西的希望。这种从绝望中浮现的激进希望可能会使灭绝叛乱更加有效。本文根据对英国 25 名灭绝叛乱活动家的个人采访以及其他灭绝叛乱活动家的已发表作品，确定了激进希望的迹象。虽然激进主义者已经摆脱了虚假的希望和消极的希望，但仍然存在着对可能的新希望。这种希望基于美德伦理：做当下正确的事情，而不是执着于想要的结果。尽管结果如此，但这推动了激进主义。通过他们的再生文化原则，灭绝叛乱活动家学会了相互支持，并为更加动荡和更具挑战性的未来做好准备。通过再生文化，他们可以挽救和修复剩下的东西，并保持激进的希望。