Nostalgia is an adjustment mechanism during crises
Evidence
The nostalgic impulse is an important agency in adjust ment to crisis, it is a social emollient and reinforces national identity when confidence is weakened or threatened. — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 540
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Concepts function as psychological reassurance against historical rupture. — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 180; Emotional reflections on aging evoke themes of loss and nostalgia. — Hamlin Garland Munseys, A Daughter of the Middle Border, 1798; Nostalgia films express depersonalized curiosity rather than genuine longing — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 23 (+7 more)
Broader Connections
- Nostalgia was a fatal condition among forcibly conscripted Egyptian peasants
#exemplifies(0.78) - Nostalgia films express depersonalized curiosity rather than genuine longing
#expands(0.75) — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 23 - Concepts function as psychological reassurance against historical rupture.
#complicates(0.72) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 180 - Emotional reflections on aging evoke themes of loss and nostalgia.
#exemplifies(0.72) — Hamlin Garland Munseys, A Daughter of the Middle Border, 1798