nostalgia 
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9/5/2021
Nationalist Nostalgia in Russian Film Mirrors Putin's Political Bending of History
by Walter G. Moss
Director Nikita Mikhalkov expresses through film much of the same nostalgic nationalism that anchors Vladimir Putin's authoritiarian leadership in Russia.
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11/1/2020
Nostalgia and Progress: Fake History and the 2020 Elections
by Walter G. Moss
Trump's encouragement of a nostalgic, pseudohistorical understanding of the past thwarts both the hope for betterment and the determined realism Americans need at this moment.
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9/20/2020
Nostalgia and the Tragedy of Trump's Speech at Mount Rushmore
by John Bodnar
Trump's July 3 speech at Mount Rushmore, like his attacks on historians this week, embodied an escapist nostalgia that purges injustice, conflict, and violence. Abraham Lincoln's brand of nostalgia is more worthy of embracing.
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SOURCE: Longreads
12-27-2018 (accessed)
Memory and the Lost Cause
by Danielle A. Jackson
An incomplete nostalgia still undergirds parts of American life.
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1/21/18
Hey Historians: Nostalgia Can Be Good for Us
by John Medina
Why that’s good news for aging historians.
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10-21-13
A Honeymoon in Vegas? Yes, Please.
by Bruce Chadwick
This is not your grandpa’s Las Vegas.
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