#christopherlasch

[luismartinpress]

La cultura del narcisismo

Hay libros que no sólo son atemporales sino que con el tiempo cobran aún más relevancia, como es el caso de La cultura del narcisismo (Capitán Swing Libros, 2023) del sociólogo Christopher Lasch. Publicado originalmente en 1979, este libro es una obra de referencia para comprender nuestra sociedad actual. A mi ver, las ideas de Lasch, las de como otros pensadores de su tiempo (Asimov, Sagan, etc.), resultaron ser proféticas.

A través de una crítica profunda y perspicaz, Lasch explica cómo el individualismo excesivo y la falta de sentido de comunidad han llevado a una pérdida de identidad personal y colectiva. Además, muestra cómo la cultura del narcisismo ha llevado a una sociedad cada vez más simplona, ansiosa y deprimida, en la que las personas buscan constantemente la satisfacción instantánea y la validación externa.

En lo personal, en los últimos años he conocido a personas que retratan todo esto con milimétrica y pavorosa exactitud.

En resumen, La cultura del narcisismo es una obra fundamental para entender nuestra sociedad actual y sus problemas. Si te interesa la sociología, la psicología o simplemente quieres comprender mejor el mundo en el que vivimos y el desolador auge del trastorno del narcisismo, este libro es una lectura obligatoria. -@luismartinpress

[yourdisappointedarms]

“Adherents of the new religious right reject the separation of politics and religion, but they bring no spiritual insights to politics.” In many ways, this book is still very relevant. #christopherlasch #american #historian #moralist #socialcritic #author #thecultureofnarcissism #deathanniversary #practicedying (at Hinckley, Ohio) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt4YS1Bg7YW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1myia5qznhy7t

[fatalferalfemme]

Let’s Talk About the Louis Vuitton Heist

We’re all familiar with Louis Vuitton. Despite its luxury status, the brand is everywhere. If you haven’t heard the name dropped on a hip hop track, then certainly you’ve seen the signature LV monogram on passing handbags. The authenticity of the bag

For most people, Louis Vuitton is an untouchable entity. The price of one of their iconic monogram handbags is comparable to the average monthly rent for a studio apartment in San Francisco. Louis Vuitton carries prestige precisely because it is not attainable for the majority of the population. When Louis Vuitton is robbed, the illusion of its unattainability falters. Its elusive brand finds new hands.

[allael]

"Progressivism, except when it was informed by socialist or populist perspectives, was progressive chiefly in attacking the archaic entrepreneurial capitalism the existence of which impeded the rationalization of American industry. As I have pointed out elsewhere, the new liberalism advocated by Edward A. Ross, Herbert Croly, Richard T. Ely, Newton D. Baker, and even by Jane Addams and John Dewey sought not so much to democratize the industrial system as to make it run more efficiently. These reformers wished to substitute “education” for older and cruder methods of social control, techniques that appeared to them not only offensive in themselves, since they rested on coercion, but inexcusably inefficient. “We are likely to take the influence of superior force for control,” John Dewey argued in a characteristic passage, “forgetting that while we may lead a horse to water we cannot make him drink; and that while we can shut a man up in a penitentiary we cannot make him penitent.” Even when they originated in humanitarian impulses, progressive ideas led not to a philosophy of liberation but to a blueprint for control. "

Christopher Lasch, The Agony of Left.

[sinetos]

Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success. #ChristopherLasch #Christopher #Lasch #quote #sinetos #quotes (at Santorini caldera) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoFrFxhHS8m/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=yvlol8juhl2x

[quotepixel]

Photo Quotes

QuotePixel

[petersavodnik-blog]

Reporters, Politics and the Culture of Narcissism

Reporters covering the U.S. presidential election appear consumed with matters tactical. What matters most is how well a candidate lies — which "narrative" he spins, when he spins it, how he sounds as he delivers his deception. Consider Mitt Romney's statement about the administration's handling of the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. No doubt, Romney's timing was off, and he sounded clumsy and opportunistic and un-presidential. But there was an important point, about the proper response to a violent mob and what best serves the national interest. That discussion has yet to happen because the reporters who were at the Romney press conference were more interested in his timing: How does this look? Wouldn't it have been better to have waited twenty-four hours? Fine, fine. But then we ought to have moved on to bigger questions. To start, was Romney's criticism fair or right? There's something to be said for reassessing the president's Middle East policy. We were promised a new chapter in U.S.-Muslim relations, and that appears not to have materialized. And not just that: Why hasn't anyone asked Romney what he would have done differently? Politicians love to say they won't answer hypothetical questions, but this is a hypothetical question worth pursuing: You've just criticized the president for his handling of an entire region. How might you have handled things differently? Could you have preempted the attacks on our embassies and personnel? Would the American envoy to Libya be alive today had you been president? One senses a sad narcissism at the heart of today's media. Reporters like talking about reporters. They like talking about themselves. They enjoy delving into candidates' media strategies, which is to say — how well candidates lie to the media. Whether those lies are exposed is not really the point. What is the point is how believable they are, which is odd. It exposes a disconnect: We the media know you're lying to us, but the unwashed masses do not. This is what's called a good campaign. Chris Christie is learning very well how to play that game. Bill Clinton is a master at it. (For more on the roots of this pathology, see Christopher Lasch's The Culture of Narcissism.) Alas, journalists are no longer flies on the wall so much as flies buzzing around a busy room taking notes about other reporters and what people say to them. They are enveloped by the culture they come from. They imagine themselves, one imagines, playing a role in a movie, with a soundtrack in the background, running.