NOSTALGIA AS AN OBJECT OF SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY: ISSUES AND THEORETICAL APPROACHES
Sociology of Culture
Lina Birškytė
Published 2016-03-23
https://doi.org/10.15388/SocMintVei.2015.1.9860
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Keywords

nostalgia
postmodern nostalgia
nostalgia for socialism
ostalgie

How to Cite

Birškytė, L. (2016) “NOSTALGIA AS AN OBJECT OF SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY: ISSUES AND THEORETICAL APPROACHES”, Sociologija. Mintis ir veiksmas, 36(1), pp. 212–228. doi:10.15388/SocMintVei.2015.1.9860.

Abstract

Nostalgia defined as a social phenomenon is an object of this article. The article discusses theoretical nostalgias interpretations and analyses various forms in which nostalgia manifests itself. Author emphasizes a necessity to distinguish between modern and post-modern nostalgias. Modern nostalgia has been concep­tualised as yearning for the past. This yearning originates from a disappointment with contemporary life and disapproval of permanent progress idea. However, post-modern nostalgia does not involve sentiments or melancholia. Contemporary culture, characterised by mediated culture, mass production and consump­tion, creates preconditions for new forms of nostalgia. Idealized images of the past are being used for com­mercial purposes and retrospective artefacts become tools for creating style and looks. In addition, author criticizes the term “soviet nostalgia” and suggests “nostalgia for socialism” to be used instead. Ostalgia, as the most studied form of nostalgia for socialism, is being discussed with an emphasis on distinction between its modern and post-modern manifestations.

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