The classic New York Times bestseller, with a new introduction by E.J. Dionne Jr.When The Culture of Narcissism was first published in 1979, Christopher Lasch was hailed as a “biblical prophet” (Time). Lasch’s identification of narcissism as not only an individual ailment but also a burgeoning social epidemic was groundbreaking. His diagnosis of American culture is even more relevant today, predicting the limitless expansion of the anxiou...

Cuando se publicó por primera vez 'La cultura del narcisismo' en 1979, Christopher Lasch fue aclamado como un "profeta bíblico" (Time). La identificación por parte de Lasch del narcisismo no sólo como una dolencia individual, sino también como una floreciente epidemia social, fue innovadora. Su diagnóstico de la cultura estadounidense es aún más relevante hoy en día, ya que predice la expansión ilimitada del yo narcisista, ansioso y codicioso, en todos los ámbitos de la vida estadounidense...

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."

"[A] passionate, compelling, and disturbing argument that the ills of democracy in the United States today arise from the default of its elites." —John Gray, New York Times Book Review (front-page review)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 election, but they would probably better employ their...

Plain Style is an amusing and instructive guide to written English by the late Christopher Lasch, author of The Culture of Narcissism, The True and Only Heaven, and many other memorable works of American history and social criticism. Written for the benefit of the students at the University of Rochester, where Lasch taught from 1970 until his death in 1994, it quickly established itself in typescript as a local classic—a lively, witty, and historically minded alt...

De cultuur van het narcisme, oorspronkelijk verschenen in 1979, is een vernietigende kritiek op de cultuur van het moderne kapitalisme dat zich van alle ideologieën heeft ontdaan. Lasch laat zien dat de zich als radicaal voordoende cultuurkritiek van de jaren zestig in feite de wegbereider was voor de opmars van neokapitalistische normen en waarden. De nieuwe cultuur is eerst en vooral een therapeutische cultuur. Gezondheid, zowel geestelijk als lichamelijk, is het grote doel, een ontwikke...

Five long essays by an American historian, the author of The New Radicalism in America (1965). Under the rubric of "the collapse of mass-based radical movements," Lasch examines the decline of populism, the disintegration of the American socialist party, and the weaknesses of black nationalism. Also included is a history of the Congress for Cultural Freedom and a discussion of the '60's revival of ideological controversy.

"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 ReviewCan 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 ...

Et si l’histoire des femmes ne se réduisait pas à une longue chronique de l’oppression patriarcale? Prenant le contre-pied d’une pensée féministe répandue, Christopher Lasch montre le caractère paradoxal de l’émancipation des femmes et insiste sur le rôle qu’elles ont joué dans leur propre soumission : croyant se libérer du patriarcat traditionnel, elles se sont en réalité assujetties à un nouveau paternalisme, celui de la société de consommation et de l’État libéral. Proposant une réflexi...

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.

In this challenging work, Christopher Lasch makes an accessible critique of what is wrong with the values and beliefs of America's professional and managerial elites. The distinguished historian argues that democracy today is threatened not by the masses, as José Ortega y Gasset (The Revolt of the Masses) had said, but by the elites. These elites—mobile and increasingly global in outlook—refuse to accept limits or ties to nation and place. As they isolate themselves in their netwo...

The world of nations is the world men have made, in contrast to the world of nature. Seeking to understand the civil society Americans have made, Christopher Lasch, author of The Agony of the American Left, reexamines the liberal and radical traditions in the United States and the limitations of both, along the way challenging a number of accepted interpretations of American history.