A child's appetite for new toys appeal to the desire for ownership and appropriation: the appeal of toys comes to lie not in their use but in their status as possessions.
Advertising serves not so much to advertise products as to promote consumption as a way of life. It 'educates' the masses into an unappeasable appeti… - Christopher Lasch
Advertising serves not so much to advertise products as to promote consumption as a way of life. It 'educates' the masses into an unappeasable appeti…
- Christopher Lasch
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… - Christopher Lasch
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…
George Orwell's contention was that it is a sure sign of trouble when things can no longer be called by their right names and described in plain, for… - Christopher Lasch
George Orwell's contention was that it is a sure sign of trouble when things can no longer be called by their right names and described in plain, for…
The family is a haven in a heartless world. - Christopher Lasch
The family is a haven in a heartless world.
The left has come to regard common sense - the traditional wisdom and folkways of the community - as an obstacle to progress and enlightenment. - Christopher Lasch
The left has come to regard common sense - the traditional wisdom and folkways of the community - as an obstacle to progress and enlightenment.
Progressive rhetoric has the effect of concealing social crisis and moral breakdown by presenting them as the birth pangs of a new order. - Christopher Lasch
Progressive rhetoric has the effect of concealing social crisis and moral breakdown by presenting them as the birth pangs of a new order.
Once women begin to question the inevitability of their subordination and to reject the conventions formerly associated with it, they can no longer r… - Christopher Lasch
Once women begin to question the inevitability of their subordination and to reject the conventions formerly associated with it, they can no longer r…
We are all revolutionaries now, addicts of change. - Christopher Lasch
We are all revolutionaries now, addicts of change.
The model of ownership, in a society organized round mass consumption, is addiction. - Christopher Lasch
The model of ownership, in a society organized round mass consumption, is addiction.
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