Nostalgia - Agnes Arnold-Forster

Nostalgia

A History of a Dangerous Emotion
Buch | Softcover
272 Seiten
2025
Picador (Verlag)
978-1-5290-9139-7 (ISBN)
13,70 inkl. MwSt
A dazzling history of that most slippery of emotions: nostalgia, by an acclaimed young historian.
'Absorbing' - The Guardian
'Illuminating' - Vogue
'Fascinating' - Pandora Sykes

In Nostalgia, historian Agnes Arnold-Forster blends neuroscience and psychology with the history of medicine and emotions to explore the evolution of nostalgia from seventeenth-century Switzerland (when it was held to be an illness that could, quite literally, kill you) to the present day (when it is co-opted by advertising agencies and politicians alike to sell us goods and policies).

It is a fascinating, compelling story of a social and political emotion, vulnerable to misuse, and one that reflects the anxieties of the age. It is also a clear-eyed analysis of what we are doing now, how we feel about it and what we might want to change about the world we live in.

‘Beautifully compact, wide-ranging and enjoyable’ - TLS

Dr Agnes Arnold-Forster is a historian at the University of Edinburgh. She has also worked at McGill University, King's College London, UCL, and at the Centre for the History of Emotions at Queen Mary University of London. She is the author of two academic books, one about cancer and the other about surgery, and has written widely for academic, medical and mainstream outlets. She has also appeared on BBC Radio and TV, consulted for television dramas and documentaries, and worked closely with the Science Museum, the Wellcome Collection and the Royal College of Nursing. She lives in London.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 20.3.2025
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 130 x 197 mm
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Geschichte / Politik Regional- / Landesgeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Gender Studies
ISBN-10 1-5290-9139-X / 152909139X
ISBN-13 978-1-5290-9139-7 / 9781529091397
Zustand Neuware
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