ABSTRACT The present surge in imperial nostalgia in Britain has been widely remarked and critiqued. This article considers the relationship between imperialism and nostalgia, from their historical interconnectedness to their potential decoupling. I conceptualize nostalgia as the recognition of a gulf between past and present, the judgment that the past was somehow preferable to the present, and the longing for a “home” in which there is no longing for any other timespace. Nostalgia may engender a paralyzed longing for the past, a critical engagement with the present, or an imagined utopian future. After tracing the history of nostalgia, I provide an overview of nostalgia in social theory, including imperialist as well as anti-racist and anticolonial thought. In pursuit of nostalgia’s decolonizing potential, I trace its development in Fanon’s writing. Finally, I ask how an expanded understanding of nostalgia might provide insight into the logic and expression of imperial nostalgia.

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重温乡愁：帝国主义、反殖民主义和想象家

摘要 目前英国皇室怀旧情绪的高涨已受到广泛评论和批评。本文考虑了帝国主义和怀旧之间的关系，从它们的历史关联到它们潜在的脱钩。我将怀旧概念化为对过去和现在之间的鸿沟的认识，对过去在某种程度上比现在更可取的判断，以及对“家”的渴望，在那里不再渴望任何其他时间空间。怀旧可能会导致对过去的麻木的渴望、对现在的批判性参与或想象中的乌托邦未来。在追溯怀旧的历史之后，我概述了社会理论中的怀旧，包括帝国主义以及反种族主义和反殖民思想。为了追寻怀旧的去殖民化潜力，我在法农的著作中追溯了它的发展。最后，我询问对怀旧的扩展理解如何能够洞察帝国怀旧的逻辑和表达。