The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations (Christopher Lasch) HC-Ex-Library

Argues That American Society Has Become Increasingly Self-absorbed, Focused On Self-gratification To The Exclusion Of Higher Values, And That The Mass Narcissism Of The Culture Is Based On Fear. The Awareness Movement And The Social Invasion Of The Self — The Narcissistic Personality Of Our Time — Changing Modes Of Making It : From Horatio Alger To The Happy Hooker — The Banality Of Pseudo-self-awareness : Theatrics Of Politics And Everyday Existence — The Degradation Of Sport — Schooling And The New Illiteracy — The Socialization Of Reproduction And The Collapse Of Authority — The Flight From Feeling : Sociopsychology Of The Sex War — The Shattered Faith In The Regeneration Of Life — Paternalism Without Father. Christopher Lasch. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.