Nostalgia
A History of a Dangerous Emotion
$63.16
- Hardcover
272 pages
- Release Date
24 September 2024
Summary
‘Arnold-Forster belongs to that valuable non-jargon-spouting breed of academic who is capable of explaining complex ideas in simple language.’ - The Times
In Nostalgia: A History of a Dangerous Emotion, historian Agnes Arnold-Forster blends neuroscience and psychology with the history of medicine and emotions to explore the evolution of nostalgia from its first identification in seventeenth-century Switzerland (when it was held to be an illness that could, quite literally, ki…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529091366 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529091365 |
| Author: | Agnes Arnold-Forster |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Picador |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 24 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 508g |
| Dimensions: | 242mm x 162mm x 27mm |
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Critics Review
This absorbing exploration of nostalgia raises questions about its slippery nature, and shows how it has been chillingly deployed in politics, from the cold war to Trumpism * Guardian *
Arnold-Forster is a shrewd critic and delightful guide. Her prose is fluent but not flashy…She carries weighty learning lightly – embracing everything relevant, from dubious neuroscience to cod sociology.’ * Telegraph *
Beautifully compact, wide-ranging and enjoyable * TLS *
Illuminating * Vogue *
About The Author
Agnes Arnold-Forster
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.
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