“The Good Years Have Passed and Will Never Come Again”: Political Functions of Nostalgic Fantasies in Incel Discussions

This study unpacks the implicit and explicit political functions nostalgia takes in incel discussions on the past on the incels.is forum. By combining a discourse theoretical approach with the theoretical framework of fantasy, the study demonstrates how an imagined ideal past is used to construct co...

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Main Authors: Emilia Lounela, Shane Murphy, Ümit Bedretdin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2025-04-01
Series:Social Media + Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051251332679
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