“Book Descriptions: The Hours Have Lost Their Clock charts the rise of nostalgia in an era knocked out of time.
Nostalgia has broken out across the world. Political leaders promise a return to yesteryear. Remakes and reboots dominate the box office. Some use the emotion to resist oppressive regimes. Others induce it to manipulate populations. With little faith in a future of global warming and economic anxiety, many turn to this centuries-old emotion to weather the present.” DRIVE