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The Minimal Self: Psychic Survival in Troubled Times

Christopher Lasch

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Faced with an escalating arms race, rising crime and terrorism, environmental deterioration, and long-term economic decline, people have retreated from commitments that presuppose a secure and orderly world. In his latest book, Christopher Lasch, the renowned historian and social critic, powerfully argues that self-concern, so characteristic of our time, has become a search for psychic survival.

Language: English

Pages: 317

Format: Paperback

Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company

Release: May 06, 1984

ISBN: 0393302636

ISBN 13: 9780393302639

The Minimal Self: Psychic Survival in Troubled Times

Christopher Lasch

4/5 ( ratings)

Faced with an escalating arms race, rising crime and terrorism, environmental deterioration, and long-term economic decline, people have retreated from commitments that presuppose a secure and orderly world. In his latest book, Christopher Lasch, the renowned historian and social critic, powerfully argues that self-concern, so characteristic of our time, has become a search for psychic survival.

Language: English

Pages: 317

Format: Paperback

Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company

Release: May 06, 1984

ISBN: 0393302636

ISBN 13: 9780393302639

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