Disappointment is a familiar experience of political life and often blame for perceived failure is rightly attributed to the failures of our politicians or the political system. aim of this paper, however, is to argue that disappointment is an inevitable feature of because of limitations and constraints that are intrinsic to the political sphere. With in mind the paper explores some of the ways in which political conflict unavoidably disappointment, how it shapes the specific manner in which its corollary of hope the discourse of hope operates in the political sphere, and how disappointment relates questions of political unity. Appreciating the inevitability of disappointment should both overcome some of the prevalent illusions regarding political possibility, as well as our discontent with politics by adapting our expectations and assessment of political accordingly.
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Matt Sleat (2013) studied this question.