TY - JOUR
T1 - The Sociology of Nostalgia
AU - Jacobsen, Michael Hviid
PY - 2023/4
Y1 - 2023/4
N2 - Nostalgia is not a conventional topic of sociological analysis, and sociologists writing on nostalgia often rely on insights on the topic generated in neighboring disciplines. However, there is in fact relevant sociological work on nostalgia conducted by sociologists, and this article reviews is. Illustative examples of sociological topics relating to nostalgia are as follows: nostalgia and the past, examining how historical recollection or reconstruction and memory shape nostalgia, nostalgia and experiences of personal and cultural loss; nostalgia and individual or collective identity; nostalgia and social change; and nostalgia and politics.
AB - Nostalgia is not a conventional topic of sociological analysis, and sociologists writing on nostalgia often rely on insights on the topic generated in neighboring disciplines. However, there is in fact relevant sociological work on nostalgia conducted by sociologists, and this article reviews is. Illustative examples of sociological topics relating to nostalgia are as follows: nostalgia and the past, examining how historical recollection or reconstruction and memory shape nostalgia, nostalgia and experiences of personal and cultural loss; nostalgia and individual or collective identity; nostalgia and social change; and nostalgia and politics.
KW - Nostalfia, sociology, the past, identity, social change, politics, loss
KW - Identity
KW - Loss
KW - Nostalgia
KW - Politics
KW - Social change
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85150850443&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.copsyc.2023.101556
DO - 10.1016/j.copsyc.2023.101556
M3 - Review article
SN - 2352-250X
VL - 50
SP - 1
EP - 4
JO - Current Opinion in Psychology
JF - Current Opinion in Psychology
IS - April
M1 - 101556
ER -