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Christopher Lasch quotes

American Historian June 1, 1932 – February 14, 1994

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Because politics rests on an irreducible measure of coercion, it can never become a perfect realm of perfect love and justice. Christopher Lasch
It is the logic of consumerism that undermines the values of loyalty and permanence and promotes a different set of values that is destructive of family life. Christopher Lasch
The left dismisses talk about the collapse of family life and talks instead about the emergence of the growing new diversity of family types. Christopher Lasch
Christopher Lasch quote: "The family wage has been eroded by the same developments that..."
The family wage has been eroded by the same developments that have promoted consumerism as a way of life. Christopher Lasch
A society that has made "nostalgia" a marketable commodity on the cultural exchange quickly repudiates the suggestion that life in the past was in any important way better than life today. 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. Christopher Lasch
The left sees nothing but bigotry and superstition in the popular defense of the family or in popular attitudes regarding abortion, crime, busing, and the school curriculum. Christopher Lasch
When liberals finally grasped the strength of popular feeling about the family, they cried to appropriate the rhetoric and symbolism of family values for their own purposes. 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 the time. Christopher Lasch
It is no longer an unwritten law of American capitalism that industry will attempt to maintain wages at a level that allows a single wage to support a family. Christopher Lasch
Most women are pragmatists who have allowed extremists on the left and right to manipulate the family issue for their own purposes. Christopher Lasch
Christopher Lasch quote: "The left ask people to believe that there is no conflict..."
The left ask people to believe that there is no conflict between feminism and the family. Christopher Lasch
Christopher Lasch quote: "Most people no longer live in nuclear families at all."
Most people no longer live in nuclear families at all. Christopher Lasch
The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides cannot even agree on a definition of the institution they are arguing about. Christopher Lasch
Christopher Lasch quote: "The family is a haven in a heartless world."
The family is a haven in a heartless world. Christopher Lasch

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