Nostalgia mode is formal reiteration, not psychological longing

Evidence

What Jameson calls the “nostalgia mode” is one expression of this homogeneity. This remains one of Jameson’s most ingenious formulations — the nostalgia in question is not manifested in a psychological state but in a kind of unacknowledged formal reiteration. Hauntology is the counterpart to this nostalgia mode. The preoccupation with the past in hauntological music could easily be construed as “nostalgic”. But it is the very foregrounding of temporality that makes hauntology differ from the typical products of the nostalgia mode, which bracket out history altogether in order to present themselves as new. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 2423

Categorization

• DEFINE: Sharply distinguishes Jameson’s ‘nostalgia mode’ (unacknowledged formal reiteration presenting as new) from hauntology (which foregrounds temporality).
• XREF: Connects to the earlier chapter claim that ‘Futures are increasingly represented in the forms of the past’ and ‘Postmodern nostalgia mode is an inability to imagine beyond the past’ from ch34. — connects to: Postmodern nostalgia mode is an inability to imagine beyond the past. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 515; Nostalgia films express depersonalized curiosity rather than genuine longing — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 23; The postmodern present recasts all prior art as nostalgia and cultural stereotype — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 395 (+3 more)
• FICTION: A fiction writer engaged in period homage could mine the distinction between bracketing out history vs. foregrounding it.

Broader Connections

• Nostalgia films express depersonalized curiosity rather than genuine longing #corroborates (0.85) — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 23
• The postmodern present recasts all prior art as nostalgia and cultural stereotype #corroborates (0.78) — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 395