Every age develops its own peculiar forms of pathology, which express in exaggerated form its underlying character structure. Christopher Lasch on age
Environmentalism opposes reckless innovation and makes conservation the central order of business. Christopher Lasch on business
We are all revolutionaries now, addicts of change. Christopher Lasch on change
In our society, daily experience teaches the individual to want and need a never-ending supply of new toys and drugs. Christopher Lasch on experience
The attempt to redefine the family as a purely voluntary arrangement grows out of the modern delusion that people can keep all their options open all the time. Christopher Lasch on family
The left dismisses talk about the collapse of family life and talks instead about the emergence of the growing new diversity of family types. Christopher Lasch on family
It is the logic of consumerism that undermines the values of loyalty and permanence and promotes a different set of values that is destructive of family life. Christopher Lasch on family
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 family
It is no longer an unwritten law of American capitalism that industry will attempt to maintain wages at a level that allows a single wage to support a family. Christopher Lasch on family
The family wage has been eroded by the same developments that have promoted consumerism as a way of life. Christopher Lasch on family
A growing awareness of the depth of popular attachment to the family has led some liberals to concede that family is not just a buzzword for reaction. Christopher Lasch on family
Liberals subscribe to the new flexible, pluralistic definition of the family their defense of families carries no conviction. Christopher Lasch on family
Most women are pragmatists who have allowed extremists on the left and right to manipulate the family issue for their own purposes. Christopher Lasch on family
The last three decades have seen the collapse of the family wage system. Christopher Lasch on family
The left ask people to believe that there is no conflict between feminism and the family. Christopher Lasch on family
The left sees nothing but bigotry and superstition in the popular defense of the family or in popular attitudes regarding abortion, crime, busing, and the school curriculum. Christopher Lasch on family
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 family
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 hope
Knowledge is what we get when an observer, preferably a scientifically trained observer, provides us with a copy of reality that we can all recognize. Christopher Lasch on knowledge
Most of these alternative arrangements, so-called, arise out of the ruins of marriages, not as an improvement of old fashioned marriage. Christopher Lasch on marriage