Background
Lasch, Christopher was born on June 1, 1932 in Omaha. Son of Robert and Zora (Schaupp) Lasch.
(A larger format second edition of this work of social and...)
A larger format second edition of this work of social and cultural criticism concerning the narcissism and self-interest of the "Me Decade", which has a new "Afterword" in which the author comments on the 80s and New Age spirituality.
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(This Informative book: The Culture of Narcissism by Chris...)
This Informative book: The Culture of Narcissism by Chrisopher Lasch is a book about narcissism. The American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations. Lasch, the author, tries to link personality and society through the concept of narcissism lead him to a synoptic interpretation of our culture that provokes, startles, and keep the reader arguing with himself as well as with the writer. Whether one agrees or disagrees, on must recognize that Lasch has written a book of fundamental importance"
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( In the American political vocabulary, "family" and "fam...)
In the American political vocabulary, "family" and "family values" no longer simply evoke pictures of harmonious scenes; they also push our buttons (left and right) about what is wrong with society. One of the earliest and sharpest cultural commentators to investigate the twentieth-century American family, Christopher Lasch argues in this book that as social science "experts" intrude more and more into our lives, the family's vital role as the moral and social cornerstone of society disintegrates―and, left unchecked, so does our political and personal freedom. Mr. Lasch combines an analytic overview of the psychological and sociological literature on the American family with his own trenchant analysis of where the problem lies.
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(The New Radicalism in America (1889-1963): The Intellectu...)
The New Radicalism in America (1889-1963): The Intellectual as a Social Type The New Radicalism in America (1889-1963): The Intellectual as a Social Type by Lasch, Christopher ( Author ) Paperback Dec- 1997 Paperback Dec- 17- 1997
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( "Extraordinarily creative . . . an important and engros...)
"Extraordinarily creative . . . an important and engrossing contribution to a complex and elusive subject."―Newsweek Around the turn of the century, the American liberal tradition made a major shift away from politics. The new radicals were more interested in the reform of education, culture, and sexual mores. Through vivid biographies, Christopher Lasch chronicles these social reformers from Jane Addams, Mabel Dodge Luhan, and Lincoln Steffens to Norman Mailer and Dwight MacDonald.
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( When The Culture of Narcissism was first published, it ...)
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 bestseller. This edition includes a new afterword, "The Culture of Narcissism Revisited."
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( "A major and challenging work. . . . Provocative, and c...)
"A major and challenging work. . . . Provocative, and certain to be controversial. . . . Will add important new dimension to the continuing debate on the decline of liberalism." —William Julius Wilson, New York Times Book Review Can we continue to believe in progress? In this sobering analysis of the Western human condition, Christopher Lasch seeks the answer in a history of the struggle between two ideas: one is the idea of progress - an idea driven by the conviction that human desire is insatiable and requires ever larger production forces. Opposing this materialist view is the idea that condemns a boundless appetite for more and better goods and distrusts "improvements" that only feed desire. Tracing the opposition to the idea of progress from Rousseau through Montesquieu to Carlyle, Max Weber and G.D.H. Cole, Lasch finds much that is desirable in a turn toward moral conservatism, toward a lower-middle-class culture that features egalitarianism, workmanship and loyalty, and recognizes the danger of resentment of the material goods of others.
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(Argues that from 1900 the American liberal tradition bega...)
Argues that from 1900 the American liberal tradition began to develop in a new direction. In this study, Christopher Lasche chronicles the lives and causes of those new radicals, connecting history and social science with everyday life.
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(Around the turn of the century, the American liberal trad...)
Around the turn of the century, the American liberal tradition made a major shift away from politics. The new radicals were more interested in the reform of education, culture, and sexual mores. Through vivid biographies, Christopher Lasch chronicles these social reformers from Jane Addams, Mabel Dodge Luhan, and Lincoln Steffens to Norman Mailer and Dwight MacDonald.
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(IN HIS NEW book, The Agony of the American Left, Christop...)
IN HIS NEW book, The Agony of the American Left, Christopher Lasch attempts to explain the current state of the left in historical terms. His central thesis, spread out over the several articles which comprise this volume, is that a succession of disastrous failures and compromises over the past fifty years has so debilitated and corrupted American radicalism that there now exists no body of leftist thought to guide the new generation of radicals that has grown up in the sixties.
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"Even more valuable than its widely praised predecessor, The Culture of Narcissism." —John W. Aldridge Faced with an escalating arms race, rising crime and terrorism, environmental deterioration, and long-term economic decline, people have retreated from commitments that presuppose a secure and orderly world. In his latest book, Christopher Lasch, the renowned historian and social critic, powerfully argues that self-concern, so characteristic of our time, has become a search for psychic survival.
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Lasch, Christopher was born on June 1, 1932 in Omaha. Son of Robert and Zora (Schaupp) Lasch.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1954; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1961; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Bard College, 1977; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Hobart College, 1981.
Member history faculty, Williams College, 1957-1957; Member history faculty, Roosevelt University, Chicago, 1960-1961; Member history faculty, U. Iowa, 1961-1966; Member history faculty, Northwestern University, 1966-1970; member of faculty, U. Rochester, New York, since 1970; Don Alonzo Watson professor of history, U. Rochester, since 1979; department chairman history, U. Rochester, since 1985. Freud lecturer University College, London, 1981.
(A larger format second edition of this work of social and...)
(The New Radicalism in America (1889-1963): The Intellectu...)
( When The Culture of Narcissism was first published, it ...)
( In the American political vocabulary, "family" and "fam...)
(IN HIS NEW book, The Agony of the American Left, Christop...)
(Around the turn of the century, the American liberal trad...)
(This Informative book: The Culture of Narcissism by Chris...)
(Argues that from 1900 the American liberal tradition bega...)
(22-OG7C-XYMM The Agony of the American Left Hardcover Jan...)
( "Even more valuable than its widely praised predecessor...)
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Member Organization American Historians., American History Association.
Married Nell Commager, June 30, 1956. Children: Robert, Elisabeth, Catherine, Christopher.