Nostalgia

KU Leuven Faculty of Arts - A podcast by artskuleuven

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Karen Rock and Lisa Zamboni try to figure out why nostalgia is such an important phenomenon in our culture, both in the past and today. The neurological phenomenon is largely responsible for the Friends revival, the creation of series such as Stranger Things and the vinyl comeback. Professor of English literature Pieter Vermeulen makes a link with climate change and capitalism.