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Left in the Past: Radicalism and the Politics of Nostalgia
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In this article, the authors discuss the role of Nostalgia in anti-colonialism and post-colonisation, and present the Psychogeography of Loss. But they do not discuss the relationship between the left and the right.Abstract:
Introduction Chapter One: Nostalgia and the Left: Denial, Danger and Doubt Chapter Two: Nostalgia in and against English Socialist History, 1775-1894 Chapter Three: Worlds We Have Lost: Nostalgia in Anti-Colonialism and Postcolonialism Chapter Four: The Melancholia of Cosmopolis Chapter Five: Yearning at the Extremes: Situationist Nostalgia Chapter Six: The Psychogeography of Loss Conclusion: Acknowledging Nostalgia References Index.read more
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