Intimations of Nostalgia: Multidisciplinary Explorations of an Enduring Emotion
Michael Hviid Jacobsen
Abstract
As nations reel from the effects of poverty, inequality, climate change and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, it feels as though the world has entered a period characterized by pessimism, cynicism and anxiety. This edited collection challenges individualized understandings of emotion, revealing how they relate to cultural, economic and political realities in difficult times. Combining numerous empirical studies and theoretical developments from around the world, the diverse contributors explore how dystopian visions of the future influence, and are influenced by, the emotions of an anxio ... More
As nations reel from the effects of poverty, inequality, climate change and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, it feels as though the world has entered a period characterized by pessimism, cynicism and anxiety. This edited collection challenges individualized understandings of emotion, revealing how they relate to cultural, economic and political realities in difficult times. Combining numerous empirical studies and theoretical developments from around the world, the diverse contributors explore how dystopian visions of the future influence, and are influenced by, the emotions of an anxious and precarious present. This is an original investigation into the changing landscape of emotion in dark and uncertain times.
Keywords:
Nostalgia,
Sociology of Emotions,
Social Sciences,
Architecture,
Marketing,
Philosophy,
Identity,
Time,
Anthropology,
Climate Change,
Pandemic,
Dystopia
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2021 |
Print ISBN-13: 9781529214765 |
| Published to Policy Press Scholarship Online: May 2022 |
DOI:10.1332/policypress/9781529214765.001.0001 |
