University of Cologne, Department of Psychology, Richard-Strauss-Str. 2, 50931, Köln, Germany.
Curr Opin Psychol. 2023 Aug;52:101607. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2023.101607. Epub 2023 May 27.
Collective nostalgia is a form of nostalgia that is contingent upon thinking of oneself in terms of a particular social identity. Research has focused in particular on collective nostalgia for a nation's past. Here, I propose that conservatives and others on the right side of the political spectrum experience stronger collective nostalgia for their nation's past than liberals and those on the left. I first explain the roots of this prediction in conservative political philosophy, review empirical evidence in favor of that idea, and summarize findings that show the significance of this link for policy support. Finally, I review and discuss evidence that qualifies the link between conservatism and collective nostalgia.
集体怀旧是一种怀旧形式，它取决于以特定的社会身份来思考自己。研究特别关注对一个国家过去的集体怀旧。在这里，我提出，保守派和政治光谱右翼的其他人比自由派和左派更强烈地对他们国家的过去产生集体怀旧。我首先在保守主义政治哲学中解释了这一预测的根源，回顾了支持这一观点的实证证据，并总结了表明这一联系对政策支持意义的发现。最后，我回顾并讨论了一些证据，这些证据限定了保守主义和集体怀旧之间的联系。
