American - Historian | June 1, 1932 - February 14, 1994
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
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The reporting of news has to be understood as propaganda for commodities, and events by images.
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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.
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Relentless improvement of the product and upgrading of consumer tastes are the heart of mass merchandising.
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The same historical development that turned the citizen into a client transformed the worker from a producer into a consumer.
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Information, usually seen as the precondition of debate, is better understood as its by-product.
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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.
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The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with information.
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Today Americans are overcome not by the sense of endless possibility but by the banality of the social order they have erected against it.
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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.
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Adherents of the new religious right reject the separation of politics and religion, but they bring no spiritual insights to politics.
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Because it equates tradition with prejudice, the left finds itself increasingly unable to converse with ordinary people in their common language.
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