In a front-page review in the Washington Post Book World, John Judis wrote: "Political analysts have been poring over exit polls and precinct-level votes to gauge the meaning of last November's electi
In this challenging work, ChristopherLasch makes his most accessible critique yet of what is wrong with the values and beliefs of America's professional and managerial elites. The distinguished histo
Can we continue to believe in progress? In this sobering analysis of the Western human condition, ChristopherLasch seeks the answer in a history of the struggle between two ideas: one is the idea of
When The Culture of Narcissism was first published, it was clear that ChristopherLasch had identified something important: what was happening to American society in the wake of the decline of the fa
When The Culture of Narcissism was first published in 1979, ChristopherLasch was hailed as a “biblical prophet” (Time). Lasch’s identification of narcissism as not only an individual ailment but also
The redefinition of selfhood, through growing from despair in an uncertain world, offers the promise of a new culture based not on the technological conquest of nature but on its loving cultivation
Plain Style is an amusing and instructive guide to written English by the late ChristopherLasch, author of The Culture of Narcissism, The True and Only Heaven, and many other memorable works of Ameri