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What does /lit/ think of Lasch’s Culture of Narcissism?

>> No.19976996

its for people who listen to a certain podcast hosted by people whose names rhyme with Manna and Masha

>> No.19977071

>>19976785
i've not read it, but my future wife Anna loves it so i'd recommend it. also that cover is ass, the OG is better

>> No.19977404

>>19977071
Based Anna chad

>> No.19977974

>>19976785
Great book, important, but far from Lasch's best work. If you're just going to read one of his works, make it Revolt of the Elites.

>> No.19977982

>>19977974
Seconding this strongly. Also, I have never listened to that faggot podcast and I would hold down both its hosts and make my dog shit on their faces.

>> No.19977990

Great book and strangely prescient. But Revolt of the Elites is probably his best book and we're living through the thesis of that book right now.

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19978513

+1 on Lasch recs

also pic related. good read i saw mentioned here a few times and picked up cheap copy.

>> No.19978861

>>19976785
i didn't understand it when i read it in college but after a decade of working it rings like a fucking bell. same experience with the metamorphosis

>> No.19978923

I'd like to drink Anna Khachiyan's piss out of a wine glass.

>> No.19978934

>>19978923
I tried that once. Tasted bad but not that bad.

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>>19978923

>> No.19979966

>>19978513
A brief google searcg showed me that this book is about harmful effects of nominalism. Before I delve into this book, im asking for a recommendation to start with nominalism.

>> No.19980002

>>19976785
What does it mean by "diminishing expectations" as related to narcissism?

>> No.19980014

>>19976785
Good, but the introduction is clunky.
I prefer Revolt.

>> No.19980035

>>19978923
she has an ugly man face tho

>> No.19980378

It’s good, more of a polemic though. In both books I’ve read by him, he’s not that good at structuring his thoughts.

>>19978513
His essay Up From Liberalism is god tier:

https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2017/11/up-from-liberalism-richard-weaver.html

>> No.19980731

>>19978513
richard weaver needs to be read much more. very underappreciated

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>>19978923
>this is who commies lust after
Grim