The Politics of Nostalgia Class Rootlessness and Decline SocietyNow
by [Winlow, Simon]
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For ordinary people today, the future seems dark and forbidding. In generations gone by, parents looked forward with optimism, confident their children would do better. Not anymore. Standards of living continue to fall. Our institutions seem redundant, our cities dilapidated and dysfunctional. Electoral systems seem incapable of driving positive change. What is there to be optimistic about?
A multiplicity of escalating pressures and a growing fear of the future encourage people to look to the past to identify something positive, and the bittersweet sting of nostalgia now plays a key role in working-class politics and community life. But how should we understand our increasingly common retreat into nostalgia?
In this sweeping ethnography, Simon Winlow explores our common desire to take refuge in the past, and what it means for our political future.
Product Details
- Emerald Publishing Limite Brand
- Feb 18, 2025 Pub Date:
- 9781837535514 ISBN-13:
- 1837535515 ISBN-10:
- 208.0 pages Paperback
- English Language
- 7.8 in * 0.54 in * 5.08 in Dimensions:
- 0 lb Weight:
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