Trauma and Nostalgia, Practices in Memory and Identity

Year

2024

Publisher

Amsterdam University Press

Language

English

Pages

ISBN

978-9-04855-923-7

Link

Last Update

16-Jul-2026

Keywords

Military Studies ; security-studies-discipline ; Political Science ; Psychology

Description

The past few decades have seen the emergence of the research fields of both trauma and nostalgia. This volume explores the implications of bringing the two together. If we acknowledge the important developments in studying the disruptive power of traumatic experiences, a profound reflection on the meaning of nostalgic longing and world-making for collective and individual identity is indispensable. To understand processes through which trauma and nostalgia become intertwined, how they are constructed and transfigured in this process and shape individual as well as collective identities, it is necessary to focus on the experiences, interests, and needs of the different...