Nostalgia for an Age Yet to Come: Alienation, Neo-Emotions, and Radical Politics in Contemporary Capitalism
Published online on April 24, 2026
Abstract
Emotion Review, Ahead of Print.
This article analyzes the emotions of alienation, estrangement, and nostalgia, and how they are central to the production of neo-emotions in contemporary society. Alienation is a product of the macro-social context of capitalist societies and contemporary ...
This article analyzes the emotions of alienation, estrangement, and nostalgia, and how they are central to the production of neo-emotions in contemporary society. Alienation is a product of the macro-social context of capitalist societies and contemporary ...