{"product_id":"the-future-of-nostalgia-9780786724871","title":"The Future of Nostalgia","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom an award-winning cultural theorist, the classic work on the intricate relationship between longing and belonging\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A remarkable book… brilliant.”―\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Can 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.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In \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.","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67931957723314,"sku":"9780786724871","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0536\/7418\/0786\/files\/9780786724871.jpg?v=1794049472","url":"https:\/\/shop.hachettebookgroup.com\/products\/the-future-of-nostalgia-9780786724871","provider":"Hachette Book Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}