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Christopher Lasch Quotes - Page 2

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.

Christopher Lasch (1991). “The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations”, p.17, W. W. Norton & Company

The same historical development that turned the citizen into a client transformed the worker from a producer into a consumer.

Christopher Lasch (1991). “The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations”, p.235, W. W. Norton & Company

Democracy in our time is more likely to die of indifference than of intolerance.

Christopher Lasch (1996). “The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy”, p.107, W. W. Norton & Company