Professor Berlant’s book “Cruel Optimism” provided a popular term to describe false hopes in an increasingly unequal nation.Professor Berlant’s book “Cruel Optimism” provided a popular term to describe false hopes in an increasingly unequal nation.Read MoreDeaths (Obituaries), Berlant, Lauren, Cruel Optimism (Book), Books and Literature, University of Chicago, Income Inequality, Optimism, Women and Girls, Gender
