A Global Epidemic

Anglo Nostalgia Pub Date : 2019-08-01 DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190068936.003.0002

Edoardo Campanella, Marta Dassú

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The world is becoming populated by jingoistic leaders who appeal to past national glory and inhabit a rose-tinted past. Brexit is merely the tipping point of a global phenomenon. Chinese President Xi Jinping calls for the “great rejuvenation of the Chinese people”, whereas Donald Trump promises to “Make America Great Again”. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan harbors neo-Ottoman ambitions, while Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s political lodestar is the nineteenth-century Meiji Restoration. In other cases, nostalgic leaders reject their countries’ historical reversals of fortune like Viktor Orbán in Hungary and Vladimir Putin in Russia. Despite its romantic flavor, nostalgia is actually a malaise – a mix of paranoia and melancholy. Like most psychological disorders, nostalgia is usually accompanied by amnesia. It depicts the past in such an idealized way that some crucial details are lost. Human beings tend to view historical evidence in a myopic manner, ignoring what does not fit their preconceptions. Populist leaders simply leverage these mental processes to recount their own version of history and mobilize their followers. The chapter analyzes how demographic, economic and technological forces are spreading the disease of longing in a structural way.

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全球流行病

世界上到处都是奉行沙文主义的领导人，他们诉诸于过去的民族荣耀，生活在玫瑰色的过去。英国脱欧仅仅是一种全球现象的转折点。土耳其总统雷杰普·塔伊普·埃尔多安怀有新奥斯曼帝国的野心，而日本首相安倍晋三的政治目标是19世纪的明治维新。在其他情况下，怀旧的领导人拒绝他们国家历史上的命运逆转，比如匈牙利的维克多Orbán和俄罗斯的弗拉基米尔普京。尽管怀旧有浪漫的味道，但它实际上是一种病态——一种偏执和忧郁的混合体。像大多数心理障碍一样，怀旧通常伴随着健忘症。它以一种理想化的方式描绘了过去，以至于丢失了一些关键的细节。人类倾向于以一种短视的方式看待历史证据，忽略那些不符合他们先入为主的东西。民粹主义领导人只是利用这些心理过程来讲述他们自己版本的历史，并动员他们的追随者。这一章分析了人口、经济和技术力量如何以结构性的方式传播渴望之病。

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