Synopsis
'Absorbing' - The Guardian
'Illuminating' - Vogue
In Nostalgia: A History of a Dangerous Emotion, Agnes Arnold-Forster blends neuroscience and psychology with the history of medicine and emotions to explore the evolution of nostalgia from its first identification in seventeenth-century Switzerland (when it was held to be an illness that could, quite literally, kill you) to the present day (when it is...
Details
20 March 2025
288 pages
9781529091397
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
This absorbing exploration of nostalgia raises questions about its slippery nature, and shows how it has been chillingly deployed in politics, from the cold war to TrumpismGuardian
Arnold-Forster is a shrewd critic and delightful guide. Her prose is fluent but not flashy . . . She carries weighty learning lightly – embracing everything relevant, from dubious neuroscience to cod sociology.'The Telegraph
Beautifully compact, wide-ranging and enjoyableTLS
IlluminatingVogue