Synopsis
'A fascinating and rigorous debunking of everything I thought I knew about nostalgia' - Pandora Sykes
'Absorbing' - Guardian
'Arnold-Forster is a shrewd critic and delightful guide . . . She carries weighty learning lightly – embracing everything relevant, from dubious neuroscience to cod sociology.' - The Telegraph
In Nostalgia: A History of a Dangerous Emotion, Agnes Arnold-Forster blends neuroscience and psychology...
Details
25 April 2024272 pages
9781529091366Imprint: Picador
Reviews
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 TrumpismGuardian
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 enjoyableTLS
IlluminatingVogue
