Christopher Lasch Quote

In a dying culture, narcissism appears to embody—in the guise of personal "growth" and "awareness"—the highest attainment of spiritual enlightenment. The custodians of culture hope, at bottom, merely to survive its collapse.


The Culture of Narcissism (1979)


In a dying culture, narcissism appears to embody—in the guise of personal growth and awareness—the highest attainment of spiritual enlightenment. ...

In a dying culture, narcissism appears to embody—in the guise of personal growth and awareness—the highest attainment of spiritual enlightenment. ...

In a dying culture, narcissism appears to embody—in the guise of personal growth and awareness—the highest attainment of spiritual enlightenment. ...

In a dying culture, narcissism appears to embody—in the guise of personal growth and awareness—the highest attainment of spiritual enlightenment. ...