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The power and peril of nostalgia

The power and peril of nostalgia

August 2020 Newsletter

Gracy Olmstead
Aug 25, 2021
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Richard Bergh, Sketch for The Knight and the Maiden (Dandelion Meadow)

The word “nostalgia” has come up a lot in my recent readings and conversations. But what does the word itself signify? Is nostalgia something we should praise or condemn?

Most often, the word seems to be used dismissively: as a means to reject arguments or ideas seen as reactionary, or…

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