Tag: Christopher Lasch
Christopher Lasch on Presidental Debates
As the first of the presidential debates approaches, it is helpful (though not necessarily heartening) to turn to Christopher Lasch, whose understanding of American...
Gridlock and the Common Good
Events may soon conspire to force a conversation about the common good and the limits of power. Until that happens, gridlock may be the best option.
A Note on Right, Left, and Lasch at the Present Time
If Lasch couldn't express a way for leftists and localists to speak the same language, perhaps no one can.
Bacevich to Miller to Lasch
How's that for a triple play? Andrew Bacevich reviews Eric Miller's new biography of Christopher Lasch.
After the Econolypse
Hamilton, Ontario. When remembering a family-owned grocery store in rural Virginia, a first image comes to mind, even though I did not actually witness...
Defending Lasch, Left and/or Right
Wichita, KS. No one, I think, has ever summed up the longing for a life with front porches--the localist longing which is this blog's...
Eric Miller on The Lost Cause of the Midwest
Devon, PA. If you have not encountered Eric Miller's savage indignation elsewhere, here is a fine place to start: his review of David S....
Voices Against Progress: What I Learned from Genovese, Lasch, and Bradford
The following is excerpted from Paul Gottfried's Encounters: My Life with Nixon, Marcuse, and Other Friends and Teachers, recently published by ISI Books.
I met...
The Decline of Middle America and the Problem of Meritocracy
I delivered a version of the following text as a lecture at Augustana College last Tuesday, April 28 (all errors of fact and interpretation...
TAC Counter-Programming on Tea-Party Day
FPR readers should certainly check out the American Conservative today. First, they have a new essay up by Dermot Quinn on the relationship of...