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Robert Christopher Lasch (June 1, 1932 – February 14, 1994) was an American historian, moralist and social critic who was a history professor at the University of Rochester. He sought to use history to demonstrate what he saw as the pervasiveness with which major institutions, public and private, were eroding the competence and independence ...
Nov 8, 2022 · Christopher Lasch: the critic of American life beloved by traditionalist Catholics and Marxists alike. James T. Keane November 08, 2022. Christopher Lasch (Wikimedia Commons) What does one...
Jan 10, 2024 · The American historian Christopher Lasch, who died in 1994, authored a series of books that established him as one of his nation’s leading public intellectuals. The most influential of these,...
The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations (1979), by Christopher Lasch, is a psychological and cultural, artistic and historical synthesis that explores the roots and ramifications of the normalization of pathological narcissism in 20th-century American culture.
May 21, 2018 · Christopher Lasch (1932-1994) was a prominent American historian and social critic. Beginning in the 1960s and continuing into the 1990s his writings defined the role of the intellectual and explored the source of the ills of society.
His books, including The New Radicalism in America (1965), Haven in a Heartless World (1977), The Culture of Narcissism (1979), and The True and Only Heaven (1991) Christopher "Kit" Lasch (June 1, 1932 – February 14, 1994) was an American historian, moralist, and social critic who was a history professor at the University of Rochester.
Feb 15, 1994 · Christopher Lasch, the author of "The Culture of Narcissism," "The Minimal Self" and other theoretical works on modern culture, died yesterday at his home in Pittsford, N.Y. He was 61. The...
May 17, 1991 · by Christopher Lasch (Author) 4.4 571 ratings. See all formats and editions. 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.
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Oct 21, 2016 · Ludwig: Christopher Lasch was one of the preeminent American historians and social critics of the mid and late 20th century. He was a professor of history at the University of Rochester from 1970 until his death at age 61 in 1994. Lasch wrote a number of highly influential and cited books on a number of issues—his interests were wide ranging.
Oct 23, 2018 · Christopher Lasch. W. W. Norton & Company, Oct 23, 2018 - Social Science - 368 pages. The classic New York Times bestseller, with a new introduction by E.J. Dionne Jr. When The Culture of...
