The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations by Christopher Lasch
The book quickly became a bestseller. This edition includes a new afterword, The Culture of Narcissism Revisited.
The Culture of Narcissism
Summary
When The Culture of Narcissism was first published, it was clear that Christopher Lasch had identified something important: what was happening to American society in the wake of the decline of the family over the last century.
The Culture of Narcissism Summary
The Culture of Narcissism Reviews
Lasch took in a remarkable range of contemporary experience, making many observations that, if anything, ring more true today. . . . [Readers] may want to seek solace in Lasch's illuminations. -- Lee Siegel - The New York Times
Never has the case against narcissism been made with such an all-embracing sweep. . . . [Lasch] has brilliantly performed the first job of a social critic by prompting us to look at our reflection-shorn of vanity. -- Valerie Lloyd - Newsweek
Brilliantly on target [and] idiosyncratically compelling. -- Alan Wolfe - New Republic
This is the big intellectual book of the season, the one for everyone to feel guilty about not reading. -- Henry Allen - Washington Post
Formidable intellectual grasp and the kind of moral conviction rarely found in contemporary, value-neutral history and sociology. . . . Lasch is on to something quite real. -- Time
His vigorous appraisal of contemporary American life is to be admired as much for the perspicacity of his observations as for the contancy of this argument and the scope of his supporting references. . . . Few write with his penetration, intelligence, and historical expertise. -- Kirkus Reviews
Christopher Lasch has gone to the heart of our culture. The insights into personality and its social context are stunning. This is a courageous, important book. -- Michael Rogin, University of California, Berkeley
Cultural history at its best. . . . Provokes, startles, and keeps the reader arguing with himself as well as with the writer. . . . A book of fundamental importance. -- Bruce Mazlish, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Never has the case against narcissism been made with such an all-embracing sweep. . . . [Lasch] has brilliantly performed the first job of a social critic by prompting us to look at our reflection-shorn of vanity. -- Valerie Lloyd - Newsweek
Brilliantly on target [and] idiosyncratically compelling. -- Alan Wolfe - New Republic
This is the big intellectual book of the season, the one for everyone to feel guilty about not reading. -- Henry Allen - Washington Post
Formidable intellectual grasp and the kind of moral conviction rarely found in contemporary, value-neutral history and sociology. . . . Lasch is on to something quite real. -- Time
His vigorous appraisal of contemporary American life is to be admired as much for the perspicacity of his observations as for the contancy of this argument and the scope of his supporting references. . . . Few write with his penetration, intelligence, and historical expertise. -- Kirkus Reviews
Christopher Lasch has gone to the heart of our culture. The insights into personality and its social context are stunning. This is a courageous, important book. -- Michael Rogin, University of California, Berkeley
Cultural history at its best. . . . Provokes, startles, and keeps the reader arguing with himself as well as with the writer. . . . A book of fundamental importance. -- Bruce Mazlish, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
About Christopher Lasch
Christopher Lasch (1932-1994), professor of history at the University of Rochester, wrote, among many other works, The True and Only Heaven: Progress and Its Critics and the best-selling Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy.
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The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations by Christopher Lasch
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