BOOK CLUB - 1:30 - 2:45 - Sunday 13th July - Nostalgia by Agnes Arnold-Forster

We're hosting book club at our shop, we'll be discussing Nostalgia: A History of a Dangerous Emotion by Agnes Arnold-Forster.

A copy of the book is included in your purchase. Unfortunately, we can no longer offer free drop offs, but you'll be able to collect your copy of the book from our shop for free, or opt to have it posted to you. 

The event is being held in our upstairs room, at  1:30 - 2:45 on Sunday 13th July 

If this is your first book club and you have any questions about how we operate, check out our BOOK CLUB FAQ.

If you already have the book but would like to book onto our events, please email novelsheffield@gmail.com and I'll send you a link to join if we have any capacity.

We can't wait to see you there!

THE BLURB:

In Nostalgia: A History of a Dangerous Emotion, Agnes Arnold-Forster blends neuroscience and psychology with the history of medicine and emotions to explore the evolution of nostalgia from its first identification in seventeenth-century Switzerland (when it was held to be an illness that could, quite literally, kill you) to the present day (when it is co-opted by advertising agencies and politicians alike to sell us goods and policies).

Nostalgia is a social and political emotion, vulnerable to misuse, and one that reflects the anxieties of the age. It is one of the many ways we communicate a desire for the past, dissatisfaction with the present and our visions for the future. Arnold-Forster's fascinating history of this complex, slippery emotion is a lens through which to consider the changing pace of society, our collective feelings of regret, dislocation and belonging, the conditions of modern and contemporary work, and the politics of fear and anxiety. It is also a clear-eyed analysis of what we are doing now, how we feel about it and what we might want to change about the world we live in.