The Legitimacy of Nostalgia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6211886 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Samuel Goldman |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 211-214 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Perspectives on Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-7097 • E-ISSN: 1930-5478 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10457097.2016.1206787 |
| OpenAlex | W2502407551 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
In Fractured Republic, Yuval Levin criticizes nostalgia as obstacle to conservative reforms. This essay defends nostalgia as a indispensable element of politics. Rather than dismissing nostalgia, we should attempt use it, guided by the virtue of prudence. Shakespeare, Tocqueville, Mencken, and Dos Passos provide models of this prudent nostalgia
Aesthetics · Epistemology · Legitimacy · Political science · Politics · Prudence · Sociology · Virtue · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Philosophy · Political and Economic history of UK and US
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |