Cultural and Political Nostalgia in the Age of Terror - The Melancholic Sublime

Summary

In exploring contemporary culture, this book touches on the role of architecture to provoke feelings of sublimity, the role of art in the aftermath of destructive events, literature’s place as an establisher of the historical moment as a point of sublime transformation and change, and the place of nostalgia and the returning of past practices in

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Leggatt, Matthew (University of Winchester Leggatt, Leggatt Matthew
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367884093
• ISBN: 978-0-367-88409-3
• No. of pages: 156
• Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; History, Architecture, Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Cultural Studies, PHILOSOPHY / General, The arts: general issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, ART / General, ARCHITECTURE / General, ART / Criticism & Theory, ARCHITECTURE / Criticism, ART / Digital, ART / Film & Video, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 21st Century, ARCHITECTURE / History / Contemporary (1945-), Humanities, Regional Studies, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Regional / International studies, Literary theory, The Americas, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Civil engineering, surveying and building, The arts: general topics