| Nostalgia and lost identity. | |
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PMID: 23350997 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Nostalgia for the Soviet Union is a major social phenomenon in Russia today due to the irrevocable losses of the recent past in which Soviet citizens involuntarily became immigrants in their own country. With reference to discussions of nostalgia in philosophical and psychoanalytic literature, I suggest that nostalgia may represent either a defensive regression to the past or a progressive striving for wholeness through re-connecting with what has been lost in the service of a greater integration. I compare this with the processes of adaptation seen in immigrants and provide a clinical illustration of a young man coming to terms with loss and change in the post-Soviet era. When nostalgia is recognized as a legitimate emotional experience it may facilitate mourning and enable the integration of the past with the present and the development of a new identity. |
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Authors:
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Elena Pourtova |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: The Journal of analytical psychology Volume: 58 ISSN: 1468-5922 ISO Abbreviation: J Anal Psychol Publication Date: 2013 Feb |
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Created Date: 2013-01-28 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0376573 Medline TA: J Anal Psychol Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 34-51 Citation Subset: IM |
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© 2013, The Society of Analytical Psychology. |
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Moscow. |
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