Conservatives sense a link between television and drugs, but they do not grasp the nature of this connection. Christopher Lasch on nature
Adherents of the new religious right reject the separation of politics and religion, but they bring no spiritual insights to politics. Christopher Lasch on politics
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 on politics
Because politics rests on an irreducible measure of coercion, it can never become a perfect realm of perfect love and justice. Christopher Lasch on politics
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 on politics
Adherents of the new religious right reject the separation of politics and religion, but they bring no spiritual insights to politics. Christopher Lasch on religion
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 on religion
Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a smile button. Christopher Lasch on smile
Drugs are merely the most obvious form of addiction in our society. Drug addiction is one of the things that undermines traditional values. Christopher Lasch on society
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 on society
The model of ownership, in a society organized round mass consumption, is addiction. Christopher Lasch on society
In our society, daily experience teaches the individual to want and need a never-ending supply of new toys and drugs. Christopher Lasch on society
A society that has made 'nostalgia' a marketable commodity on the cultural exchange quickly repudiates the suggestion that life in the past was in any important way better than life today. Christopher Lasch on society
Propaganda in the ordinary sense of the term plays a less important part in a consumer society, where people greet all official pronouncements with suspicion. Christopher Lasch on society
In an individualistic culture, the narcissist is God's gift to the world. In a collectivist society, the narcissist is God's gift to the collective. Christopher Lasch on society
When liberals finally grasped the strength of popular feeling about the family, they cried to appropriate the rhetoric and symbolism of family values for their own purposes. Christopher Lasch on strength
Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success. Christopher Lasch on success
The left has come to regard common sense - the traditional wisdom and folkways of the community - as an obstacle to progress and enlightenment. Christopher Lasch on wisdom