“Members of the educated elite upheld open-mindedness as the supreme political virtue but refused to debate their own idea of the good life, perhaps because they suspected that it could not withstand exposure to more vigorous ideas.” — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
The news appeals to the same jaded appetite that makes a child tire of a toy as soon as it becomes familiar and demand… — Christopher Lasch Copy Share
Most women are pragmatists who have allowed extremists on the left and right to manipulate the family issue for their own purposes. — Christopher Lasch Copy Share
“Members of the educated elite upheld open-mindedness as the supreme political virtue but refused to debate their own idea of the good life, perhaps… — Christopher Lasch Copy Share
Neoclassical economics insists that advertising cannot force consumers to buy anything they don't already want to buy. — Christopher Lasch Copy Share
It is the logic of consumerism that undermines the values of loyalty and permanence and promotes a different set of values that is destructive… — Christopher Lasch Copy Share
It is a tribute to the peculiar horror of contemporary life that it makes the worst features of earlier times -- the stupefaction of… — Christopher Lasch Copy Share
Relentless improvement of the product and upgrading of consumer tastes are the heart of mass merchandising. — Christopher Lasch Copy Share
The model of ownership, in a society organized round mass consumption, is addiction. — Christopher Lasch Copy Share
We live in a historical period characterized by a sharp discrepancy between the intellectual development of man... and his mental-emotional development, which has left… — Christopher Lasch Copy Share
The intellectual debility of contemporary conservatism is indicated by its silence on all important matters. — Christopher Lasch Copy Share
Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a smile button. — Christopher Lasch Copy Share
Adherents of the new religious right reject the separation of politics and religion, but they bring no spiritual insights to politics. — Christopher Lasch Copy Share
Today Americans are overcome not by the sense of endless possibility but by the banality of the social order they have erected against it. — Christopher Lasch Copy Share
Propaganda in the ordinary sense of the term plays a less important part in a consumer society, where people greet all official pronouncements with… — Christopher Lasch Copy Share
