Christopher Lasch
Christopher Lasch
ChristopherLaschwas an American historian, moralist, and social critic...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth1 June 1932
CountryUnited States of America
Christopher Lasch quotes about
information debate understood
Information, usually seen as the precondition of debate, is better understood as its by-product.
winning brain enjoyment
It's not about winning. It's the enjoyment of doing it - it gets your brain going.
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.
people ordinary prejudice
Because it equates tradition with prejudice, the left finds itself increasingly unable to converse with ordinary people in their common language.
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.
too-much demand littles
We demand too much of life, too little of ourselves.
revolutionary addict
We are all revolutionaries now, addicts of change.
common lost left
The left has lost the common touch.
common-sense community progress
The left has come to regard common sense - the traditional wisdom and folkways of the community - as an obstacle to progress and enlightenment.
culture world narcissist
In an individualistic culture, the narcissist is God's gift to the world. In a collectivist society, the narcissist is God's gift to the collective.
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.
reality media logic
It is advertising and the logic of consumerism that governs the depiction of reality in the mass media.