When The Culture of Narcissism was first published in 1979, Christopher Lasch was hailed as a “biblical prophet” (Time). Lasch’s identification of narcissism as not only an individual ailment but also a burgeoning social epidemic was ground-breaking. His diagnosis of American culture is even more relevant today, predicting the limitless expansion of the anxious and grasping narcissistic self into every part of American life.
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
ISBN: 9780393356175
Number of pages: 368
Weight: 282 g
Dimensions: 211 x 140 x 25 mm
"Lasch took in a remarkable range of contemporary experience, making many observations that, if anything, ring more true today." - Lee Siegel - The New York Times
"Morbidly clever, brilliantly on target, idiosyncratically compelling." - Alan Wolfe - The New Republic
"A bestseller in 1979, this outstanding analysis is enjoying a resurgence, being reissued with a new introduction by EJ Dionne Jr, who praises Lasch’s “intellectually rebellious spirit”." - The Herald
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