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For the speech made by Barack Obama using this phrase, see 2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address.
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The Audacity of Hope
AudacityofHope.jpg
Author Barack Obama
Country United States
Language English
Subject Political convictions
Publisher Crown / Three Rivers Press
Publication date
 October 17, 2006
Media type Print (hardcover)
Pages 362
ISBN 978-0-307-23769-9
973/.04960730092 B 22
LC Class E901.1.O23 A3 2006

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream is the second book written by Barack Obama. It became number one on both the New York Times and Amazon.com bestsellers lists in the fall of 2006, after Obama had been endorsed by Oprah Winfrey. In the book, Obama expounds on many of the subjects that became part of his 2008 campaign for the presidency. The book advance from the publisher totalled $1.9 million contracted for three books. Obama announced his presidential campaign on February 10, 2007, a little more than three months after the book's release.

Origin

Further information: 2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address

The title of The Audacity of Hope was derived from a sermon delivered by Barack Obama's former pastor, Jeremiah Wright. Wright had attended a lecture by Frederick G. Sampson in Richmond, Virginia, in the late 1980s, on the G. F. Watts painting Hope, which inspired him to give a sermon in 1990 based on the subject of the painting – "with her clothes in rags, her body scarred and bruised and bleeding, her harp all but destroyed and with only one string left, she had the audacity to make music and praise God ... To take the one string you have left and to have the audacity to hope ... that's the real word God will have us hear from this passage and from Watt's painting." Having attended Wright's sermon, Obama later adapted Wright's phrase "audacity to hope" to "audacity of hope" which became the title for his 2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address, and the title of his second book.

While a Senate candidate, Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic Convention, entitled The Audacity of Hope that propelled him to national prominence. In the less than twenty minutes it took to deliver the speech, Obama was catapulted to sudden fame, with many analysts predicting that he might be well positioned to enter a future presidential race. In 2006, Obama released The Audacity of Hope, a book-length account that expanded upon many of the same themes he originally addressed in the convention speech.

In his speech addressing the Democratic National Convention in 2004, Obama said:

In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope? John Kerry calls on us to hope. John Edwards calls on us to hope. I'm not talking about blind optimism here — the almost willful ignorance that thinks unemployment will go away if we just don't talk about it, or the health care crisis will solve itself if we just ignore it. That's not what I'm talking about, I'm talking about something more substantial. It's the hope of slaves sitting around a fire singing freedom songs; the hope of immigrants setting out for distant shores; the hope of a young naval lieutenant bravely patrolling the Mekong Delta; the hope of a millworker's son who dares to defy the odds; the hope of a skinny kid with a funny name who believes that America has a place for him, too. Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope.

Contents

The book, divided into nine chapters, outlines Obama's political and spiritual beliefs, as well as his opinions on different aspects of American culture.

Versions and translations

Barack Obama signs copies of The Audacity of Hope 2-9-09
Obama signs copies of The Audacity of Hope at a town hall meeting in Elkhart, Indiana, in 2009.
  • English: The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream,
    • Hardcover Crown Publishing Group (October 17, 2006), ISBN: 978-0-307-23769-9.
    • Paperback Edinburgh : Canongate Press (2008), ISBN: 978-1-84767-083-0.
    • Audio CD: RH Audio; Abridged edition (October 17, 2006), ISBN: 978-0-7393-3408-9.
    • Large print Random House Large Print (November 7, 2006), ISBN: 978-0-7393-2665-7.
    • Large print Paragon Press (2009), ISBN: 978-1-4084-1424-8.
    • Braille Crown (2006), .
  • Albanian: Guximi për të shpresuar : refleksione për rikthimin e ëndrrës amerikane, translated by Diana Ndroqi, Marin Barleti University Press, (November 17, 2008), ISBN: 978-99943-0-080-8 [1]
  • Arabic: Barāk Ubāmā : jurʼat al-amal, translation, Madbūlī al-Saghīr (al-Jīzah), (2009), ISBN: 978-977-286-274-0, .
  • Bulgarian: Дързостта на надеждата / Dŭrzostta na nadezhdata Сиела, Sofii︠a︡ : Siela, (2008), ISBN: 978-954-28-0354-6.
  • Chinese (Simplified): Wú wèi de xī wàng (无畏的希望), translated by Luo Xuanmin, Jing Wang and Yin Yin Law Press at Beijing, (August 25, 2008), ISBN: 978-7-5036-8690-0. [2]
  • Chinese (Traditional): Yǒng wǎng zhí qián (勇往直前), translated by Joyce Chen and Xun Pan, Business Weekly Publications, Taipei, (September, 2008), ISBN: 978-986-6571-28-2.
  • Catalan: L'audàcia de l'esperança. Ed Mina (Barcelona, 2008) ISBN: 978-84-96499-99-7.
  • Croatian: Odvažnost nade : razmišljanja o obnavljanju američkog sna, translation, Profil (Zagreb), (2008), ISBN: 978-953-12-0937-3, .
  • Czech: Odvaha doufat : úvahy o vzkříšení amerického snu, translated by Lucie Matějková, Voznice : Leda; Praha : Rozmluvy, 2010, 342 p., ISBN: 978-80-7335-251-6 (LEDA), ISBN: 978-80-87440-07-0 (Rozmluvy)
  • Danish: Mod til at håbe. Tanker om generobringen af den amerikanske drøm, translated by Niels Ivar Larsen, Information 2008, ISBN: 978-87-7514-195-1.
  • Dutch: De herovering van de Amerikaanse droom, Atlas (Amsterdam), (2007), ISBN: 978-90-450-1380-0.
  • Finnish Rohkeus toivoa. Ajatuksia amerikkalaisen unelman pelastamisesta, BTJ Kustannus, (2009), ISBN: 978-951-692-738-4.
  • French: L'audace d'espérer: une nouvelle conception de la politique américaine, Presses de la Cité, (April 5, 2007) 368 p., ISBN: 978-2-258-07451-4.
  • German: Hoffnung wagen. Gedanken zur Rückbesinnung auf den American Dream, Riemann Verlag, (April 5, 2007), 466 p., ISBN: 978-3-570-50081-1. [3]
  • Greek: Τολμώ να ελπίζω : σκέψεις για την ανάκτηση του Αμερικανικού ονείρου, translated by Royla Kokolioy, Polis (Athēna), (2008) 467 p., ISBN: 978-960-435-168-8.
  • Hindi: Āśā kā saverā, translated by Aruṇa Ānanda, Prabhāta Prakāśana (Dillī), (2009), ISBN: 978-81-7315-728-8, .
  • Hungarian: Vakmerő remények : gondolatok az amerikai álom újraélesztéséről, translated by István Lantos, Budapest : Cor Leonis, (2008), ISBN: 978-963-06-5218-6.
  • Indonesian: Menerjang harapan : dari Jakarta menuju Gedung Putih, Ufuk Press, Jakarta, (2007), ISBN: 978-979-1238-34-2.
  • Italian: l'Audacia della speranza, traduttore: Laura Cecilia Dapelli, Lorenza Lanza, Patrizia Vicentini, Introduttore: Walter Veltroni, ISBN: 978-88-17-01658-2.
  • Japanese: Gasshūkoku saisei : ōinaru kibō o idaite (合衆国再生 : 大いなる希望を抱いて), translated by Shikō Tanahashi, Kaedeshoten : Daiyamondosha, (Tokyo, Japan), (2007), ISBN: 978-4-478-00353-4.
  • Korean: Pŏrak Obama, Tamdaehan Hŭimang (버락 오바마, 담대한 희망), translated by Hong Su-won (홍수원), Random House Korea, (2007), ISBN: 978-89-255-1105-4.
  • Malay: Keberanian menggapai harapan : gagasan meraih kembali impian Amerika, Institut Terjemahan Negara Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, (2009), ISBN: 978-983-068-349-2.
  • Marathi: Audācītī apha hōp : dharībhiya-- aśāvādācaṅ!, translated by Prakāśā Bhāve, Ameya Prakāśana (Pune), (2009) ISBN: 978-81-907294-3-7, .
  • Persian: جسارت امىد / Jesārat-e omid, translated by Abolḥasan Tahāmī, Enteshārāt-e Negāh (Tehrān), (2009), ISBN: 978-964-351-535-5, .
  • Polish: Odwaga nadziei : [moja droga życiowa, wartości i ideały polityczne], translated by Grzegorz Kołodziejczyk, Wydawn Albatros A. Kuryłowicz (Warszawa), (2008), ISBN: 978-83-7359-801-0.
  • Portuguese: A Audácia da Esperança: Reflexões sobre a Reconquista do Sonho Americano (2007), Editora Larousse do Brasil, ISBN: 978-85-7635-219-8.
  • Russian: Derzost' Nadezhdy (October 2008) ISBN: 978-5-395-00209-9. [4] [5]
  • Serbian: Smelost nade : o američkom snu i kako ga ponovo ostvariti, Beograd : Interkomerc, a.d., 2008, ISBN: 978-86-905659-2-4.
  • Slovenian: Pogum za upanje : misli o obnovi ameriškega sna, translated by Igor Antič and Milan Kučan, Sanje, (2008), ISBN: 978-961-6653-95-4.
  • Spanish: La audacia de la esperanza: Reflexiones sobre cómo restaurar el sueño americano, translated by Claudia Casanova and Juan Elroy Roca, Knopf Publishing Group (June 19, 2007), ISBN: 978-0-307-38711-0.
    • Audio CD: Findaway World, LLC (2009), ISBN: 978-1-60847-562-9.
  • Swedish: Att våga hoppas : tankar om den amerikanska drömmen, translated by Thomas Engström, Bonnier Group (Stockholm), (2008), ISBN: 978-91-0-011807-5.
  • Tamil: நம்மால் முடியும் / Nammal mutiyum, translated by Nākūr Rūmi, Kizhakku Pathippagam (Chennai), (2009), ISBN: 978-81-8493-466-3, .
  • Thai: Klā wang klā plīan, translated by Sunisā Kānčhanakun and Krung Thēp, Samnakphim Matichon, (2009), ISBN: 978-974-02-0285-1.
  • Vietnamese: Hy vọng táo bạo: Suy nghĩ về việc tìm lại giấc mơ Mỹ, translated by Nguyễn Hằng, Nhà xuất bản Trẻ (Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh), (2008), .
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