The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (854 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B072N9LCRT |
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| Number of Pages | : | 213 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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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 book quickly became a best seller. This edition includes a new afterword, "The Culture of Narcissism Revisited."
Richard B. Schwartz said A Monument in the Social Sciences. In his 1990 afterword to The Culture of Narcissism, Christopher Lasch explains his purposes in his original book. The common cliché is that the 60's are the decade of social consciousness and cultural revolution, the 70's the decade of me-ism and political apathy. The Culture of Narcissism was thus seen as a 1970's jeremiad against a culture of self-regarding selfishness.Not so. The book grew out o. Dated treatise by the late Christopher Lasch has more relevance Dated treatise by the late Christopher Lasch has more relevance than ever now that political leaders as well as celebrities are more concerned about individual self-indulgence at the cost of developing political skill, talent, and concern for the general well-being. May be a bit too dense and scholarly for the average reader, but lays an important groundwork for discussion. Now that we are in the digital . Wrong analogy resulting in intellectual over-reach Every generation has at least one leading intellectual on hand to tell us that the world is going to perdition. If you like books whose message is "the sky is falling", Christopher Lasch--a highly-educated man and a lucid writer-- delivers that message well.Mr. Lasch attributes America's social ills (circa 1979, but presumably he would make the same diagnosis today) to "narcissism". He devotes much discus