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Subject(s)

• Nostalgia [Browse]

Editor

• Jacobsen, Michael Hviid, 1971- [Browse]

Series

Routledge advances in sociology. [More in this series]

Summary note

"This volume explores the nature of nostalgia as an important emotion in contemporary society and social theory. Situated between the 'sociology of emotions' and 'nostalgia studies', it considers the reasons for which nostalgia appears to be becoming an increasingly significant and debated emotion in late-modern culture. With chapters offering studies of nostalgia at micro-, meso- and macro-levels of society, it offers insights into the rise to prominence of nostalgia and the attendant consequences. Thematically organised and examining the role of nostalgia on an individual level - in the lives of concrete individuals - as well as analysing its function on a more historical social level as a collective and culturally shared emotion Nostalgia Now brings together the latest empirical and theoretical work on an important contemporary emotion and proposes new agendas for research. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology, social theory, psychology and cultural studies, with interests in the emotions"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of illustrations
• List of contributors
• Preface and acknowledgements
• Introduction: in times of nostalgia: the brave new world of a grand old emotion
• Introduction
• Nostalgia now
• Nostalgia as 'disease' and 'emotion'
• Varieties of nostalgia
• The commercialisation of nostalgia
• The politics of nostalgia
• The ambivalence of nostalgia
• About this book
• References
• PART I: Conceptual and theoretical perspectives on nostalgia
• 1. Nostalgia: the paradoxical bittersweet emotion
• Elements of the paradox of nostalgia
• Research: definitions, measures and tasks
• Nostalgia does not always elevate positive mood
• Timeline of nostalgia
• The cognitive-emotional character of nostalgia
• Beyond feeling good: the impact of nostalgia
• Nostalgia in daily life
• Pathological nostalgia
• Understanding the paradoxical nature of nostalgia
• Conclusion
• 2. The psychology of nostalgia: delineating the emotion's nature and functions
• Delineating nostalgia
• Functions of nostalgia
• Limits of nostalgia
• 3. Future imaginings: nostalgia for unrealized possible selves
• Our possible selves
• Other possible selves
• Nostalgia, possible selves and continuity of identity
• Nostalgia and related concepts/experiences
• 4. Retrotopia rising: the topics of utopia, retrotopia and nostalgia in the sociology of Zygmunt Bauman
• Utopia - the 'activating presence'
• Against ambivalence - the solid-modern misuses of utopia
• Hunting utopia - consuming utopia
• Retrotopia - the rise of 'restorative nostalgia'
• Bauman, utopia and retrotopia/nostalgia
• References.
• PART II: Memory, politics and social critique in a mediatised era
• 5. Dangerous memories: nostalgia and the historical sublime
• Defining nostalgia
• The historical sublime
• Sublime agitation
• History without subjects
• Historical responsibility
• Taming the sublime?
• Dangerous memories
• Acknowledgements
• 6. The dilemmas of radical nostalgia: acknowledging the power of the past in the politics of the Left
• The Left and nostalgia: a difficult encounter
• Four dilemmas
• Rethinking the relationship between radicalism and nostalgia
• 7. The political staging of nostalgia: neo-Ottomanism in contemporary Turkey
• Historical context
• Theoretical background
• The Conquest Rally
• Conquerors, saviours and grandchildren
• Effervescence in commemoration rallies
• The sandwich method - enemies, accomplishments, enemies
• Populist nostalgia as an ideal-type
• Notes
• 8. The future of nostalgia is inevitable: reflections on mediated nostalgia
• What nostalgia has been
• Disney and the remaking of our childhoods
• Everything on television is a rerun
• PART III: Consumerism, migration and everyday life
• 9. The dark side of nostalgic bonds: moral motivators of consumer identities, decisions and behaviours
• Consumer identity
• The process of nostalgic bonding
• The dark side of nostalgic bonding
• 10. Transmigratory nostalgia: sentimentality and everyday life on the Japan Exchange and Teaching programme
• The JET programme
• Nostalgia and everyday life
• The investigation
• Transmigratory nostalgia and globalisation
• Transmigratory nostalgia and cultural exchange.
• 11. Living in nostalgia: exploring expatriate experiences of everyday nostalgia in Pattaya
• About Pattaya
• About the study
• Nostalgia and expat everyday life
• Troubles in paradise
• Index.

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ISBN

• 0-429-28760-7
• 1-000-03409-7

OCLC

1125306110

Doi

• 10.4324/9780429287602

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