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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... concept of individuality has had a long and tortuous history , a comprehensive review of which is well beyond the scope of my work here . Suffice it to say that currently the term individual is used to identify a human being as an ...
... concept of individuality has had a long and tortuous history , a comprehensive review of which is well beyond the scope of my work here . Suffice it to say that currently the term individual is used to identify a human being as an ...
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... concept . To thematize " homesickness , " to discuss its mean- ing , its multifarious manifestations and consequences , I prefer to use another term : nostalgia . This move is not arbitrary , nor is it motivated solely by sty- listic or ...
... concept . To thematize " homesickness , " to discuss its mean- ing , its multifarious manifestations and consequences , I prefer to use another term : nostalgia . This move is not arbitrary , nor is it motivated solely by sty- listic or ...
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... concept of the " normal " person in a critical ac- count of personal identity in the Western philosophical tradition . From a methodological standpoint , my concern in this critical review of various the- ories is to generate defensible ...
... concept of the " normal " person in a critical ac- count of personal identity in the Western philosophical tradition . From a methodological standpoint , my concern in this critical review of various the- ories is to generate defensible ...
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... concept is inextricably tied up in a cultural context that propounds a view of personal identity with no claims to permanence , open to variation , degrees , and transformation . The soft interpretation is more sympathetic to a ...
... concept is inextricably tied up in a cultural context that propounds a view of personal identity with no claims to permanence , open to variation , degrees , and transformation . The soft interpretation is more sympathetic to a ...
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... concept pre- cisely because it is twofold : It concerns and connotes different aspects of self- endorsement , idem and ipse . Ultimately , my view is that the experiences of immigrants prove , as a sort of limited - case , that the idem ...
... concept pre- cisely because it is twofold : It concerns and connotes different aspects of self- endorsement , idem and ipse . Ultimately , my view is that the experiences of immigrants prove , as a sort of limited - case , that the idem ...
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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