“Members of the educated elite upheld open-mindedness as the supreme political virtue but refused to debate their own idea of the good… — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
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 Image
The hope of a new politics does not lie in formulating a left-wing reply to the right-it lies in rejecting conventional political… — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
Because politics rests on an irreducible measure of coercion, it can never become a perfect realm of perfect love and justice. — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
The proper reply to right wing religiosity is not to insist that politics and religion don't mix. This is the stock response… — 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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
Neoclassical economics insists that advertising cannot force consumers to buy anything they don't already want to buy. — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
Relentless improvement of the product and upgrading of consumer tastes are the heart of mass merchandising. — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
The model of ownership, in a society organized round mass consumption, is addiction. — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
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 Image
The intellectual debility of contemporary conservatism is indicated by its silence on all important matters. — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a smile button. — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
