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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drug television links
Conservatives sense a link between television and drugs, but they do not grasp the nature of this connection.
perfect justice coercion
Because politics rests on an irreducible measure of coercion, it can never become a perfect realm of perfect love and justice.
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.
development way consumerism
The family wage has been eroded by the same developments that have promoted consumerism as a way of life.
definitions our-society sides
The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides cannot even agree on a definition of the institution they are arguing about.
family hunting diversity
The left dismisses talk about the collapse of family life and talks instead about the emergence of the growing new diversity of family types.
sides conservative destruction
Conservatives unwittingly side with the social forces that contribute to the destruction of traditional values.
order innovation conservation
Environmentalism opposes reckless innovation and makes conservation the central order of business.
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.
sea play people
Propaganda in the ordinary sense of the term plays a less important part in a consumer society, where people greet all official pronouncements with suspicion.
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.