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Nostalgia

Their Home Not Mine Erraticus Iona McHaney
(Paula May)
Culture Essays 

On Their Home, Not Mine

December 14, 2019May 19, 2021 13 min read Iona McHaney Community, Essential Reading, Nostalgia, Place

A “third culture kid,” now an adult, reflects on the unrelenting yearning she has for home and the struggle we face to live in the present.

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Wanderlust is a vice not a virtue erraticus image by Ibrahim Rifath
(Ibrahim Rifath)
Essays Philosophy 

Wanderlust Is a Vice, Not a Virtue

April 15, 2019June 1, 2020 12 min read Christopher Porzenheim Ancient Wisdom, Essential Reading, Nostalgia, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Stoicism

Critiques of wanderlust by Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Stoics have far-reaching consequences for our ability to lead meaningful lives.

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Saudade Happy Melancholy Nostalgia for What is Absent Erraticus Image by Mauricio Santos
(Mauricio Santos)
Culture Ideas 

Saudade: Happy Melancholy, Nostalgia for What Is Absent

October 9, 2018May 19, 2021 5 min read Michael Amoruso Emotions, Language, Nostalgia

Portuguese speakers commonly boast that “saudade” is untranslatable. Does that mean certain emotion experiences can be unique to a particular culture?

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Reboots, Remakes, Revivals: Nostalgia in the Streaming Era
(Warner Bros. and Paragon Studios)
Culture Ideas 

Reboots, Remakes, Revivals: Nostalgia in the Streaming Era

January 3, 2017May 9, 2020 6 min read Heather Cazad Film, Nostalgia

Contemporary popular media seems to be powered by the fumes of nostalgia, and doesn’t appear to be changing course anytime soon. When should we let the past go, and when should we re-purpose television series and films to address our current challenges?

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“Pragmatism, on the other hand, asks its usual question. ‘Grant an idea or belief to be true,’ it says, ‘what concrete difference will its being true make in anyone’s actual life? How will the truth be realized? What experiences will be different from those which would obtain if the belief were false? What, in short, is the truth’s cash-value in experiential terms?'” — William James

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