Nostalgia and Political Theory [Hardcover]

Nostalgia and Political Theory?advocates the central importance of nostalgia as a theoretical response to the historic past and a vertiginous present. Detailed analyses of diverse theoretical approaches reassess the relation between nostalgia and politics.?

Nostalgia and Political Theory?is an?absolute treasure trove for anyone interested in understanding nostalgia within a historical and political context. Lawerence Quill shows in an accessible and comprehensible manner how and why nostalgia continues to serve as an important source for the political imagination. By linking nostalgia to different technologies, Quill makes nostalgia relevant to personal identity, political theory as well as to populist appropriation.

Michael Hviid Jacobsen,?Professor of Sociology, Aalborg University, Denmark.

Traversing a gauntlet of historical, political, and technological ideas related to nostalgia in thoughtful, thorough, and eye-opening ways,?Nostalgia and Political Theory is an important and fresh contribution to Nostalgia Studies. I learned so much about a?topic I thought I already knew?a?good deal about. Lawrence Quill has a way of writing about nostalgia that makes putting this book down impossible. Highly recommended to scholars and nostalgia enthusiasts alike!

Ryan Lizardi,?Associate Professor, Digital Media Design and Humanities at SUNY Polytechnic Institute

All human beings yearn to reconcile with their origins. ?Despite the best efforts of those who would deny that such an endeavor is possible, we continue to push against the constraints of memory in order to heal divisions within ourselves and our societies. ?This 'search for home' that is deeply rooted in the human psyche is the subject of Lawrence Quill's magisterial?NlC'