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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too-much demand littles
We demand too much of life, too little of ourselves.
order moral birth
Progressive rhetoric has the effect of concealing social crisis and moral breakdown by presenting them as the birth pangs of a new order.
perfect justice coercion
Because politics rests on an irreducible measure of coercion, it can never become a perfect realm of perfect love and justice.
family heartless world
The family is a haven in a heartless world.
inspirational success congratulations
Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.
defense definitions conviction
Liberals subscribe to the new flexible, pluralistic definition of the family; their defense of families carries no conviction.
believe people feminism
The left ask people to believe that there is no conflict between feminism and the family.
men emotional discrepancies-between
We live in a historical period characterized by a sharp discrepancy between the intellectual development of man... and his mental-emotional development, which has left him still in a state of marked narcissism with all its pathological symptoms.
art mirrors messages
Make it new is the message not just of modern art but of modern consumerism, of which modern art is largely a mirror image.
children demand toys
The news appeals to the same jaded appetite that makes a child tire of a toy as soon as it becomes familiar and demand a new one in its place.
art scream art-is
The work of art is a scream of freedom.