The Culture of Narcissism
American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations

I would give this book five stars but there was not enough about me in it.......more

Lasch, on the evidence of this book, is the American Adorno. He writes in a similar style; each sentence is perfectly formed, but often not so well connected to the preceding and following sentences. He has no patience for the conservative/progressive distinction, and would rather discuss the effect......more

Narcissism (noun): 1) excessive interest in or admiration of oneself and one's physical appearance. 2)PSYCHOLOGY selfishness, involving a sense of entitlement, a lack of empathy, and a need for admiration, as characterizing a personality type. 3)PSYCHOANALYSIS self-centeredness arising from failure......more

i've been hearing lasch's name come up more and more, often from the red scare / new right / tradcath crowd (goodreads tells me that lasch readers also like camille paglia, mark fisher, michel houellebecq, and bronze age pervert, lol). upon digging deeper, i was surprised to find out that lasch iden......more

I was surprisingly a little underwhelmed by this book, not because its insights and criticisms didn't ring true but rather because they all seemed quite familiar already. This could probably be attributable to the fact that it was written several decades ago and the arguments have already been inter......more