The Minimal Self: Psychic Survival in Troubled Times

by Christopher Lasch

Overview

"Even more valuable than its widely praised predecessor, The Culture of Narcissism." —John W. Aldridge

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393302639
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	10/17/1985
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	541,232
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Christopher Lasch (1932–1994), professor of history at the University of Rochester, wrote, among many other works, The True and Only Heaven: Progress and Its Critics and the best-selling Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy.