Anglo Nostalgia
Campanella, Edoardo / Dassù, Marta
Nostalgia has become a major force in global politics. While Donald Trump hopes to 'make America great again, ' Xi Jinping calls for a 'great rejuvenation of the Chinese people, ' and a majority of Russians still mourn the Soviet Union. But it is Brexit, with its idealization of a bygone era full of sovereignty, that epitomizes nostalgic nationalism in its purest form. Despite its romantic flavor, nostalgia is a malaise--a combination of paran...
