The Minimal Self: Psychic Survival in Troubled Times

The Minimal Self: Psychic Survival in Troubled Times
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 320
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ISBN-10 : 9780393302639
ISBN-13 : 0393302636
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Download or read book The Minimal Self: Psychic Survival in Troubled Times written by Christopher Lasch and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1984 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.


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