The Hours Have Lost Their Clock
the politics of nostalgia
$41.46
- Paperback
250 pages
- Release Date
4 January 2022
Summary
The Age of Yearning: Understanding Nostalgia in a Timeless World
In The Hours Have Lost Their Clock, Grafton Tanner charts the rise of nostalgia in an era knocked out of time.
Nostalgia is the defining emotion of our age. Political leaders promise a return to yesteryear. Old movies are remade and cancelled series are rebooted. Veterans reenact past wars, while the displaced across the world long for home. But who is behind this collective ache for a home in the past…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781913462444 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1913462447 |
| Author: | Grafton Tanner |
| Publisher: | Watkins Media Limited |
| Imprint: | Repeater Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 250 |
| Release Date: | 4 January 2022 |
| Weight: | 322g |
| Dimensions: | 36mm x 198mm x 133mm |
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“In a world where the reassuring sweep of the second hand has been usurped by a digital pulse, Grafton Tanner’s meditation on looking back may be just what we need to dare look forward again.” - Douglas Rushkoff, author of Present Shock
About The Author
Grafton Tanner
Grafton Tanner is the author of Babbling Corpse and The Circle of the Snake. His work has appeared in The Nation and the Los Angeles Review of Books. He lectures at the University of Georgia.
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