The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing ExpectationsWhen The Culture of Narcissism was first published, it was clear that Christopher Lasch had identified something important: what was happening to American society in the wake of the decline of the family over the last century. The book quickly became a bestseller. This edition includes a new afterword, "The Culture of Narcissism Revisited." |
Contents
I The Awareness Movement and the Social Invasion of the Self | 3 |
II The Narcissistic Personality of Our Time | 31 |
From Horatio Alger to the Happy Hooker | 52 |
Theatrics of Politics and Everyday Existence | 71 |
V The Degradation of Sport | 100 |
VI Schooling and the New Illiteracy | 125 |
VII The Socialization of Reproduction and the Collapse of Authority | 154 |
Sociopsychology of the Sex War | 187 |
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