The Ministry of Nostalgia

Resumen del libro

Why should we have to Keep Calm and Carry On ?

In this sharp, witty polemic, award-winning critic Owen Hatherley questions the many ways we have adopted the gospel of luxurious poverty: from ubiquitous Keep Calm and Carry On posters, the commercialization of thrift, the added value of the artisanal, and the selling of a make do and mend aesthetic, to a nostalgia for a utopian past that never existed. Hatherley proposes a radical demand for true abundance for all, not just adopting the veneer of a better age. The Ministry of Nostalgia is a rallying cry that reaches across a depleted cultural landscape and refuses to accept that we need to lower our expectations and hopes to fit difficult times. Instead, he demands more because that is what we all deserve.

Biografía del autor

Escritor y periodista británico. Escribe principalmente sobre arquitectura, política y cultura. Se doctoró con una tesis sobre el constructivismo y el americanismo. En enero de 2019, Hatherley se incorporó a la revista Tribune como editor de su nueva sección de Cultura. Ha publicado los libros 'Militant modernismo', 'A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain', 'Trans-Europe Express' y 'The Adventures of Owen Hatherley in the Post-Soviet Space'. Ha mantenido tres blogs, Sit down man, you're a bloody tragedy, The Measures Taken y Kino Fist. Publica en diversos medios.