{"product_id":"the-future-of-nostalgia","title":"The Future of Nostalgia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom an award-winning cultural theorist, the classic work on the intricate relationship between longing and belonging\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A remarkable book... brilliant.\"―\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCan one be nostalgic for the home one never had? Why is it that the age of globalization is accompanied by a no less global epidemic of nostalgia? Can we know what we are nostalgic for? In the seventeenth century, Swiss doctors believed that opium, leeches, and a trek through the Alps would cure nostalgia. In 1733 a Russian commander, disgusted with the debilitating homesickness rampant among his troops, buried a soldier alive as a deterrent to nostalgia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Future of Nostalgia\u003c\/i\u003e, Svetlana Boym develops a comprehensive approach to this elusive ailment. Combining personal memoir, philosophical essay, and historical analysis, Boym explores the spaces of collective nostalgia that connect national biography and personal self-fashioning in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Svetlana Boym","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46045426974789,"sku":"BS-LIB-007080","price":31.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2482\/2494\/files\/9780465007080-HD.jpg?v=1792288910","url":"https:\/\/libros787.com\/en\/products\/the-future-of-nostalgia","provider":"Libros787.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}