{"product_id":"the-future-of-nostalgia-0465007082-used","title":"The Future of Nostalgia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0465007082\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Boym, Svetlana\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Used\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom an award-winning cultural theorist, the classic work on the intricate relationship between longing and belongingA remarkable book brilliant.-New York TimesCan 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.In The Future of Nostalgia, 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":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67591010451744,"sku":"USED0465007082","price":26.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/81b8mAtM-GL_9b691366-84af-4600-beb2-5dfa0370cde9.jpg?v=1790627923","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-future-of-nostalgia-0465007082-used","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}