Clay Routledge

Nostalgia

A Psychological Resource

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Once viewed as a disease, nostalgia has recently been the subject of social scientific research that has revealed it to be an important psychological resource that promotes positive psychological states. This book explains in detail what nostalgia is and how it has been studied by social scientists. It explores the nature of nostalgia, its triggers, and individual differences in nostalgic experiences. The psychological, social, and behavioral effects of engaging in nostalgia are discussed. This volume provides the most comprehensive overview to date of the social scientific research into this intriguing phenomenon that will interest a range of social scientists within psychology and beyond.

Produktdetails

• Essays in Social Psychology
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 153mm x 228mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 252g
• ISBN-13: 9781848725171
• ISBN-10: 1848725175
• Artikelnr.: 42700484

Autorenporträt

Clay Routledge is a leading expert in the psychology of nostalgia and experimental existential psychology. He has published over 75 scientific papers. Dr. Routledge's work is regularly featured in the media and he writes the popular blog More Than Mortal for Psychology Today.

Inhaltsangabe

1. From the Past to the Present: A History of Nostalgia. 2. How we Perceive
and Experience Nostalgia. 3. What Makes People Nostalgic? 4. The Affective
Consequences of Nostalgia. 5. The Social Functions of Nostalgia. 6. The
Self-Related Functions of Nostalgia. 7. The Existential Functions of
Nostalgia. 8. Individual Differences and Nostalgia. 9. The Future of the
Past: Emerging Research on Nostalgia.