190. What’s the Point of Nostalgia?

Is it dangerous to live in the past? Why is Disney remaking all of its classic movies? And why does Angela get sentimental over a cup of soup and a free roll?

SOURCES:Julie Beck • , senior editor at The Atlantic • . Danielle Campoamor • , freelance writer and reporter. Kyle Chayka • , staff writer at The New Yorker.Amelia Dennis • , research associate in psychology at the University of Bath. Erica Hepper • , lecturer in personality/social psychology at the University of Surrey. Lucy Hone • , director of the New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing and Resilience. Imran Rahman-Jones • , freelance journalist. Florence Saint-Jean • , executive director of Global Trauma Research.

RESOURCES: • " Pancultural Nostalgia in Action: Prevalence, Triggers, and Psychological Functions of Nostalgia Across Cultures • ," by Erica Hepper, Constantine Sedikides, Bettina Zengel, et al. ( Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, • 2024). • " From Rosy Past to Happy and Flourishing Present: Nostalgia as a Resource for Hedonic and Eudaimonic Wellbeing • ," by Erica Hepper and Amelia Dennis ( Current Opinion in Psychology, • 2023). • " Locating Nostalgia Among the Emotions: A Bridge From Loss to Love • ," by Wijnand A.P. van Tilburg ( Current Opinion in Psychology, • 2023). • " Hindsight is 2022: The Psychology Behind Our Cultural Nostalgia • ," by Kyle Chayka ( Town & Country, • 2022). • " Why We Reach for Nostalgia in Times of Crisis • ," by Danielle Campoamor ( The New York Times, • 2020). • " Mulan: Disney Remakes and the Power of Nostalgia During Coronavirus • ," by Imran Rahman-Jones ( BBC, • 2020). • " The Three Secrets of Resilient People • ," by Lucy Hone ( TEDxChristchurch, • 2019). • " When Nostalgia Was a Disease • ," by Julie Beck ( The Atlantic, • 2013).

EXTRAS:Big Five Personality Inventory • , by No Stupid Questions • (2024). Zoom, • by Istvan Banyai (1995). Peter and Wendy, • by J. M. Barrie (1911).

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