Yesterday's Self: Nostalgia and the Immigrant IdentityRowman & Littlefield, 2002 - 184 стор. The state of being called nostalgia has a history fraught with ambiguity and poetical connotation. In the late 17th century, nostalgic reminiscences were thought to be the symptoms of a deadly disease that shook one's mind and body. Today, we view nostalgia not as a medical condition, but as a bittersweet recollection of one's past joys and sorrows--the memories and treasures of an earlier self. And yet, there remains a category of individuals for whom such recollection can be seriously problematic: immigrants. 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. Documenting the tribulations of sojourners and immigrants, Yesterday's Self illustrates how and why the cultural adjustment of immigrants can only happen when personal identity is understood as a quest for continuity in one's life story, even alongside the most radical cultural rupture. Ultimately, reflection on the nostalgic experience reveals insights into the nature of the self and its dynamic engagement with otherness and difference. |
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... Hoffman struggles with a similar dilemma : Should she continue to subscribe to a sense of identity as it had begun to unfold in Poland , or is a substantial change in order ? Hoffman's identity develops in the context of two initially ...
... Hoffman struggles with a similar dilemma : Should she continue to subscribe to a sense of identity as it had begun to unfold in Poland , or is a substantial change in order ? Hoffman's identity develops in the context of two initially ...
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... Hoffman , it is a way of realigning the past with the pres- ent . According to Calin , to adjust involves a self - repudiation . For Hoffman , on the other hand , the change required by adjustment is intertwined with a process of self ...
... Hoffman , it is a way of realigning the past with the pres- ent . According to Calin , to adjust involves a self - repudiation . For Hoffman , on the other hand , the change required by adjustment is intertwined with a process of self ...
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... Hoffman , who does change and adjust , ignores the idem and is open to any kind of change . To define identity strictly as ipse risks oversimplification . I argue that adjustment needs to be considered in connection to a view of ...
... Hoffman , who does change and adjust , ignores the idem and is open to any kind of change . To define identity strictly as ipse risks oversimplification . I argue that adjustment needs to be considered in connection to a view of ...
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... Hoffman is a modern replica of Odysseus , with the im- portant difference that she does not need to return and live in her native Poland to feel at home again . Her identity develops in the context of two di- vergent narratives : One ...
... Hoffman is a modern replica of Odysseus , with the im- portant difference that she does not need to return and live in her native Poland to feel at home again . Her identity develops in the context of two di- vergent narratives : One ...
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... Hoffman also reflects the shift from the pathological to the symbolic understanding of nostalgia . But I do not regard this as a positive transition . Nostalgia is an important concept pre- cisely because it is twofold : It concerns and ...
... Hoffman also reflects the shift from the pathological to the symbolic understanding of nostalgia . But I do not regard this as a positive transition . Nostalgia is an important concept pre- cisely because it is twofold : It concerns and ...
Зміст
Longing to Be Home | 13 |
An Integrationist Model of Identity | 43 |
Going Native Nostalgia and Solitude | 73 |
Going Home Adjustment as Recognition | 101 |
The Unbearable Lightness of Being | 121 |
The Contingent Self | 153 |
Bibliography | 173 |
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