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Nostalgia

Nostalgia A History of a Dangerous Emotion

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Publisher's Synopsis

A dazzling history of a dangerous emotion, by acclaimed historian Agnes Arnold-Forster.

'Absorbing' - The Guardian
'Illuminating' - Vogue
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Fascinating' - Pandora Sykes
'Juicy' - nb.


In Nostalgia, historian Agnes Arnold-Forster blends neuroscience and psychology with the history of medicine and emotions to explore the evolution of nostalgia from seventeenth-century Switzerland (when it was held to be an illness that could, quite literally, kill you) to the present day (when it is co-opted by advertising agencies and politicians alike to sell us goods and policies).

It is a fascinating, compelling story of a social and political emotion, vulnerable to misuse, and one that reflects the anxieties of the age. It is also a clear-eyed analysis of what we are doing now, how we feel about it and what we might want to change about the world we live in.

'Beautifully compact, wide-ranging and enjoyable' - TLS

About the Publisher

Picador

Picador publishes outstanding international writing, fiction and non-fiction, in both hardback and paperback, and has numerous prize winners on its list. Picador has established a reputation for literary fiction with a broad commercial appeal, groundbreaking non-fiction, (particularly, reportage, literary biography and memoir) and a formidable poetry list, which has consistently won many of the major prizes.

Book information

ISBN: 9781529091397
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Imprint: Picador
Pub date:
DEWEY: 152.4
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Sales rank: 16205
Number of pages: 288
Weight: 218g
Height: 129mm
Width: 197mm
Spine width: 19mm