The future of nostalgia
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Can a person nostalgic around the house that he did not have? What is the reason that the century of globalization is accompanied by no less global epidemic of nostalgia? What is the fate of the memories of the old world in the era of the new world order? Do we realize what exactly we are nostalgic about? In the course of studying the history of the Hypochondria of the Heart in the range from the healing ailment to the incurable form of the existence of the Art Nouveau era, Svetlana Boym managed to open a new applied area, a new typology, the identification of new aesthetics, namely, nostalgic studies: from the Yura Park to the garden of totalitarian sculpture In Moscow, from love messages on the grave of Kafka to the revelations of the imitator of Hitler, from the ruins of the new synagogue in Berlin to the restored Sistine Chapel ... Boym claims that nostalgia is not only the attraction to the abandoned home or the abandoned homeland, but also longing for other times - the period - the period. Our childhood or a distant historical era. Combining the genres of a philosophical essay, aesthetic analysis and personal memories, the author explores the space of collective nostalgia, national myths and personal stories of exiles. She leads us along the ruins and construction sites of post -communist cities - St. Petersburg, Moscow and Berlin, explores the imaginary homelands of writers and artists - V. Nabokov, I. Brodsky and I. Kabakov, examines the collections of souvenirs in the homes of ordinary immigrants, etc.
2nd edition
2nd edition
Author:
Author:Boym Svetlana
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Series:
Series: Russia in memoirs
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-448-1570-0
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