The Politics of Nostalgia 9781837535507, 9781837535514, 9781837535484

For ordinary people today, the future seems dark and forbidding. In generations gone by, parents looked forward with opt

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English Year 2025

The Politics of Nostalgia
9781837535507, 9781837535514, 9781837535484

From martyr to insult, how “Uncle Tom” has influenced two centuries of racial politics. Jackie Robinson, President Barac

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Combining personal memoir, philosophical essay, and historical analysis, Svetlana Boym explores the spaces of collective

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An exploration on Bolingbroke's influence on the politics and literature of the Augustan Age.

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In this new book, author Russell McCutcheon offers a powerful critique of traditional scholarship on religion, focusing

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Uncovers the politics of nostalgia and madness inherent in the Arabic novel The Arabic novel has taken shape in the int

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Scholars of state socialism have frequently invoked “nostalgia” to identify an uncritical longing for the utopian ambiti

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In 1603, Queen Elizabeth I died and King James I inherited the English throne. During James's reign, England contin

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