Between Nostalgia and Retrotopia

Ecomusicology between Apocalypse and Nostalgia

The relationship between congruent dimensions of the self and nostalgia

The purpose of this research was to investigate the effects of agentic and communal traitnarrative congruence on nostalgia and to replicate previous research showing that self-esteem and positive affect are mediators of the relationship between nostalgia and optimism (Cheung et al., 2013). In Study 1, participants completed ratings of agentic and communal traits and were asked to write about a ...

Nostalgia and Approach / Avoidance

In light of its role in maintaining psychological equanimity, we proposed that nostalgia—a self-relevant, social, and predominantly positive emotion—regulates avoidance and approach motivation. We advanced a model in which (a) avoidance motivation triggers nostalgia and (b) nostalgia, in turn, increases approach motivation. As a result, nostalgia counteracts the negative impact of avoidance mot...

Freudian Nostalgia

Parent symbolism make it easy to guess at their hidden leaning. What else could be the meaning of the fear of burglars, snakes, wild animals, and thunderstorms , if not the feminine fear of overwhelming forces that can vanquish, penetrate and destroy?' What else indeed??if, that is, you think along Freudian lines. If, however, you don't, it is readily apparent that burglars, snakes, wild animal...

javaheri between describing of nature of iran and nostalgia

abstract mohammad mehdi javaheri is undoubtedly the greatest arab poet of contemporary classical poetry. he came to iran several times and was astonished by its beauty. this led to describe the nature of iran. but this part of his poetry, like his other poems, has not been considered by researchers. therefore, this study aims to analyze his poems on the iranian nature.  the important findings o...