Yesterday''s Self - Nostalgia and the Immigrant Identity

Klappentext In Yesterday's Self! Andreea Ritivoi explores the philosophical and historical dimensions of nostalgia in the lives of immigrants! forging a connection between current trends in the philosophy of identity and intercultural studies. The book considers such questions as! Does attachment to one's native culture preclude or merely influence adaptation into a new culture? Do we fashion our identity in interdependence with others! or do we shape it in a non-contingent frame? Is it possible to assimilate in an unfamiliar world without risking self-alienation? Ritivoi's response: nostalgia is both the poison and the cure in such situations. Zusammenfassung A study of nostalgia in the lives of immigrants! forging a connection between the philosophy of identity and intercultural studies. It shows that the cultural adjustment of immigrants can only happen when personal identity is understood as a quest for continuity in one's life story.

Product details

• Authors: Andreea Deciu Ritivoi, Ritivoi Andreea Deciu
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.08.2002
• EAN: 9780742513600
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-1360-0
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Philosophy and the Global Context; Philosophy and the Global Cont; Philosophy and the Global Context
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous