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
doom left environmentalism
Instead of taking environmentalism away from the left, conservatives condemn it as a counsel of doom.
society success
Success in our society has to be ratified by publicity,
commodity cultural exchange life past quickly society suggestion
A society that has made ''nostalgia'' a marketable commodity on the cultural exchange quickly repudiates the suggestion that life in the past was in any important way better than life today.
daily experience individual society supply teaches toys
In our society, daily experience teaches the individual to want and need a never-ending supply of new toys and drugs.
culture gift 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.
reality media logic
It is advertising and the logic of consumerism that governs the depiction of reality in the mass media.
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.
conservative revival
The conservative revival cannot be dismissed.
roots needs
Uprootedness uproots everything except the need for roots.
party common-sense lost-friendship
The left has lost touch with popular opinion, thereby making it possible for the right to present itself as the party of common sense.
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.
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.