PublishedNorton, January 2019 |
ISBN9780393356175 |
FormatSoftcover, 368 pages |
Dimensions21.1cm × 14cm × 2.5cm |
When The Culture of Narcissism was first published in 1979, Christopher Lasch was hailed as a "biblical prophet" (Time). Lasch's identification of narcissism as not only an individual ailment but also a burgeoning social epidemic was ground-breaking. His diagnosis of American culture is even more relevant today, predicting the limitless expansion of the anxious and grasping narcissistic self into every part of American life.