Reading group with Sissel Furuseth

'Anthropocene nostalgia' – a useful concept?

Evening sky. Sun setting over water.

Photo: Kaja Ladstein

In The Routledge Handbook of Nostalgia, Niklas Salmose and Anna Ishchenko propose "Anthropocene nostalgia" as an umbrella term for diverse eco-emotions such as "green nostalgia", "petro-nostalgia" and "solastalgia".

To what extent are the different types of nostalgia related, and what is the explanatory power of such terms?

Sissel Furuseth, Professor of Nordic Literature, opens the discussion and all participants are invited to read:

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Eco-Emotions
Tags: Anthropocene, Ecocriticism, Emotions
Published Aug. 27, 2024 12:25 PM - Last modified May 15, 2025 2:31 PM