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'The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations' (1979), by Christopher Lasch, is a psychological and cultural, artistic and historical synthesis that explores the roots and ramifications of the normalization of pathological narcissism in 20th-century American culture. For the mass-market edition published in September of the same year, Lasch won the 1980 US National Book Award in the category Current Interest (paperback). Lasch proposes that since World War II, America has produced a personality-type consistent with clinical definitions of "pathological narcissism". This pathology is not akin to everyday narcissism, a hedonistic egoism, but with clinical diagnosis of narcissistic personality disorder. For Lasch, "pathology represents a heightened version of normality." He locates symptoms of this personality disorder in the radical political movements of the 1960s (such as the Weather Underground), as well as in the spiritual cults and movements of the 1970s, from est to Rolfing. When The Culture of Narcissism was first published, it was clear that Christopher Lasch had identified something important: what was happening to American society in the wa

Who reads The culture of narcissism : American life in an age of diminishing expectations?

Author

Christopher Lasch, Michel L. Landa, Barry Press

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company; Norton

Published

1991

Language

EN

ISBN

9780393307382

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Social Science, Psychology, Fiction

Rating

3.95 / 5 (1,000 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14