Nostalgia : When Are We Ever at Home? /

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"Nostalgia makes claims on us both as individuals and as members of a political community. In this short book, Barbara Cassin provides an eloquent and sophisticated treatment of exile and of desire for a homeland, while showing how it has been possible for many to reimagine home in terms of lan...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cassin, Barbara (Author)
Other Authors: Brault, Pascale-Anne (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Odysseus, > King of Ithaca (Mythological character)
Arendt, Hannah, > 1906-1975.
Aeneas > (Legendary character)
Homesickness in literature.
Homesickness.
PHILOSOPHY > General.
Nostalgie > Philosophie.
Mal du pays.
Nostalgia > Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Of Corsican Hospitality
  • Odysseus and the Day of Return
  • Aeneas: From Nostalgia to Exile
  • Arendt: To Have One's Language for a Homeland.

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