Christopher Lasch

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In his wide-ranging books and essays, Mr. Lasch offered a leftist analysis of industrial capitalism and its effects on American politics, social arrangements, modes of thought and personal psychology. As a counterpoise to the alienation and despair he saw as pervasive in American life, he proposed a progressive program that, paradoxically, relied heavily on the values of community, family and self-discipline. Diagnosing a Malaise "The Culture of Narcissism"(W. W. Norton) is his best-known work. In the 1979 book, which was on the New York Times best-seller list for seven weeks, he described postwar America as a society of dangerously self-absorbed individuals, fixated on personal goals, fearful of their impulses and easily controlled by power elites. President Jimmy Carter asked Mr. Lasch to advise him on Mr. Carter's speech, delivered in July 1979, on the nation's "crisis of confidence." It became known as the "national malaise" speech. (Obituary, The New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/15/obituaries/christopher-lasch-is-dead-at-61-wrote-about-america-s-malaise.html). See also: "The Writings of Christopher Lasch: A Bibliography-in-Progress", Compiled by Robert Cummings Social Science Division, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO 63501 https://rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/3271 See also: https://www.domusweb.it/en/opinion/2020/03/31/from-beauty-to-beauticians.html (Forty years ago, the historian and sociologist Christopher Lasch “foresaw the dramatic transformation of a world where the loss of all concept of the past destroyed all hopes for the future”, writes the editorial director Walter Mariotti. Watch the interview with Christopher Lasch on DailyMotion: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x33apgj https://towardfreedom.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/220px-Christopher_Lasch.jpg

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Contro la cultura di massa
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The Culture of Narcissism
Representative edition published 2021
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Women and the common life
Representative edition published 2018
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La Culture de l'égoïsme
Representative edition published 2012
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The revolt of the elites and the betrayal of democracy
Representative edition published 2003
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Culture de masse ou culture populaire ?
Representative edition published 2003
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Le seul et vrai paradis
Representative edition published 2002
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Plain style
Representative edition published 2002
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Refugio en un Mundo Despiadado / Refuge in a Heartless World
Representative edition published 2000
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The new radicalism in America, 1889-1963
Representative edition published 1997
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Haven in a heartless world
Representative edition published 1995
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The true and only heaven
Representative edition published 1991
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The minimal self
Representative edition published 1985
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The minimal self
Representative edition published 1984
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Haven in a heartless world
Representative edition published 1979
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The world of nations
Representative edition published 1973
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The American liberals and the Russian Revolution
Representative edition published 1972
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The agony of the American left
Representative edition published 1970
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The agony of the American left
Representative edition published 1969
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The New Radicalism In America, 1889-1963
Representative edition published 1965
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The new radicalism in America, [1889-1963]
Representative edition published 1965
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Life Against Death
Representative edition published 2014
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Essays on Women & Family
Representative edition published 2007
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La Cultura del Narcisismo
Representative edition published 1999
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