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Overview"This book looks at the role nostalgia plays in the radical imagination to offer a new guide to the history and politics of the left. In ""Left in the Past"", Bonnett re-assesses the place of nostalgia within radical politics and, in doing so, provides a new introduction to the history and politics of the left. Bonnett argues that nostalgia has been a chronic, but repressed, aspect of the socialist imagination. ""Left in the Past"" is premised on the idea that, in our 'post-socialist era', the relationship between radicalism and a sense of loss, and the ambivalent position of socialism in and against modernity, can be viewed with greater clarity. In Section One of the book, Bonnett shows the centrality and repression of nostalgia in both 19th-century radicalism and anti-colonial radicalism. In Section Two, he explores the consequences of this inheritance by way of 20th century and contemporary studies of revolutionary intellectuals and intellectual culture. Bonnett's unique approach in how to understand the left in an age of post-socialism will make book a needed resource for anyone interested in the history and politics of the left and radicalism." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Professor Alastair Bonnett (Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne)Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation Imprint: Continuum Publishing Corporation Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.80cm Weight: 0.295kg ISBN: 9780826430076ISBN 10: 0826430074 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 01 May 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Language: English Table of ContentsIntroduction The Dilemmas of Radical Nostalgia Acknowledging Nostalgia: Four Provocations Six Windows onto Radical Nostalgia Part One Chapter One: Nostalgia and the Left: Denial, Danger and Doubt Introduction Nostalgia as the Modern Dilemma The ‘ruthless criticism of all that exists' Radical Nostalgia ‘We have lost something': The End of Utopia Nostalgia's Uncertain Return Conclusion Chapter Two: Nostalgia in and against English Socialist History, 1775-1894 Introduction The Politics of Loss in English Socialist History From Poorman's Advocate to Proletarian: Thomas Spence and Radical Tradition William Morris: Nostalgia in an Age of Progress Robert Blatchford: The New Life and Old Traditions of Socialist Fellowship Conclusion Part Two Chapter Three: Worlds We Have Lost: Nostalgia in Anti-Colonialism and Postcolonialism Introduction Anti-Colonial Nostalgia: Roots Against Empire Postcolonial Nostalgias: Yearning for Resistance Conclusion Chapter Four: The Melancholia of Cosmopolis Introduction Cosmopolitan Attachments Renewing resistance: Nostalgia and anti-nostalgia in British radical anti-racism Nostalgia Strikes Back: Paul Gilroy's After Empire Conclusion: Sharing Loss Part Three Chapter Five: Yearning at the Extremes: Situationist Nostalgia Introduction The Spectacle as Loss ‘Whoever Sees the Banks of the Seine Sees Our Grief': Situationist Nostalgia for Place Conclusions and New Departures Chapter Six: The Psychogeography of Loss Introduction Purgatory and Redemption around the M25: The Radical Nostalgia of Iain Sinclair adical Re-enchantments: Magic, Preservationism and Nostalgia in Revolutionary Psychogeography Conclusion Conclusion: Acknowledging Nostalgia References IndexReviewsPraised by Labour MP Jon Cruddas in a lecture delivered in Liverpool March (UK) ''Alastair Bonnett of Newcastle University in a brilliant new book, 'Left in the Past: Radicalism and the Politics of Nostalgia' writes that 'throughout the last century nostalgia was cast as the antithesis of radicalism. Emotions of yearning and loss were portrayed as embarrassing defects on the bright body of movement associated with the new and the youthful'.'' Ambitious and wide-ranging ... [A] scholarly and stimulating work, which makes a valuable and much-needed contribution to the scholarship on nostalgia, modernity and left politics. - Sarah Edwards, Global Discourse [My] academic interests have been stimulated and my learning enhanced through the reading of this book. I highly recommend Left in the Past to anyone interested in exploring the history of radicalism and/or the politics of nostalgia. - Michael Richardson, Global Discourse Author InformationAlastair Bonnett is Professor of Social Geography in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology at Newcastle University, UK. His other books include, The Idea of the West: Culture, Politics and History, White Identities: International and Historical Perspectives, Anti-racism and Radicalism, Anti-racism and Representation. ALASTAIR BONNETT is Professor of Social Geography at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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