Christopher Lasch
Christopher Lasch
ChristopherLaschwas an American historian, moralist, and social critic...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth1 June 1932
CountryUnited States of America
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independent wish needs
The best defense against the terror of existence are the homely comforts of love, work, and family life, which connect us to a world that is independent of our wishes yet responsive to our needs.
parent rejection grace
Parents accept their obsolescence with the best grace they can muster. . . they do all they can to make it easy for the younger generation to surpass the older, while secretly dreading the rejection that follows.
peculiar bourgeoisie horror
It is a tribute to the peculiar horror of contemporary life that it makes the worst features of earlier times -- the stupefaction of the masses, the obsessed and driven lives of the bourgeoisie -- seem attractive by comparison.
democracy indifference intolerance
Democracy in our time is more likely to die of indifference than of intolerance.
technique masters owners
Traditionalists will have to master techniques of sustained activism formerly monopolized by the left.
perception shapes embedded
Ideologies, however appealing, cannot shape the whole structure of perceptions and conduct unless they are embedded in daily experiences that confirm them.
ruins alternatives improvement
Most of these alternative arrangements, so-called, arise out of the ruins of marriages, not as an improvement of old fashioned marriage.
issues manipulation purpose
Most women are pragmatists who have allowed extremists on the left and right to manipulate the family issue for their own purposes.
attitude school abortion
The left sees nothing but bigotry and superstition in the popular defense of the family or in popular attitudes regarding abortion, crime, busing, and the school curriculum.
knowledge reality copies
Knowledge is what we get when an observer, preferably a scientifically trained observer, provides us with a copy of reality that we can all recognize.
attachment growing depth
A growing awareness of the depth of popular attachment to the family has led some liberals to concede that family is not just a buzzword for reaction.
spiritual religious separation
Adherents of the new religious right reject the separation of politics and religion, but they bring no spiritual insights to politics.
lasts three collapse
The last three decades have seen the collapse of the family wage system.
want advertising economic
Neoclassical economics insists that advertising cannot force consumers to buy anything they don't already want to buy.