Every age develops its own peculiar forms of pathology, which express in exaggerated form its underlying character structure. Christopher Lasch Read Quote
Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a smile button. Christopher Lasch Read Quote
Progressive rhetoric has the effect of concealing social crisis and moral breakdown by presenting them as the birth pangs of a new order. Christopher Lasch Read Quote
The hope of a new politics does not lie in formulating a left-wing reply to the right-it lies in rejecting conventional political categories. Christopher Lasch Read Quote
The intellectual debility of contemporary conservatism is indicated by its silence on all important matters. Christopher Lasch Read Quote
The news appeals to the same jaded appetite that makes a child tire of a toy as soon as it becomes familiar and demand a new one in its place. Christopher Lasch Read Quote
The proper reply to right wing religiosity is not to insist that politics and religion don’t mix. This is the stock response of the left. Christopher Lasch Read Quote
The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides cannot even agree on a definition of the institution they are arguing about. Christopher Lasch Read Quote
The reporting of news has to be understood as propaganda for commodities, and events by images. Christopher Lasch Read Quote
