The Future of Nostalgia

Svetlana Boym2001

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Svetlana Boym

Year

2001

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This work has been selected for the Aravien index based on editorial review.

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"Why is it that the age of globalization is accompanied by a no less global epidemic of nostalgia? What happens to Old World memories in a New World order? Do we even know what we are nostalgic for?". "Combining philosophical essay, aesthetic analysis and personal memoir, Boym explores the spaces of collective nosta...

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Carries identity forward while giving it a stronger essay expression.

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