{"product_id":"hope-in-a-scattering-time-a-life-of-christopher-lasch-paperback","title":"Hope in a Scattering Time: A Life of Christopher Lasch - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEric Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe first biography of the best-selling author of \u003c\/i\u003eThe Culture of Narcissism\u003ci\u003e and other modern American classics\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Historian and social critic Christopher Lasch (1932-1994) was an odd subject for a story in \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. Yet there he was, featured in a July 1979 issue, thanks to a national fascination with his latest book, \u003ci\u003eThe Culture of Narcissism\u003c\/i\u003e. It was perhaps the strangest moment in the life of an unpredictable thinker who always questioned assumptions, challenged orthodoxies, and blurred neat distinctions between divergent political ideologies and cultural agendas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Eric Miller has now written the first book-length treatment of Lasch's life and work. Drawing on Lasch's published writings, his personal correspondence, and interviews with his friends, students, and colleagues, Miller weaves together the story of this enigmatic and perceptive figure. He captures the evolution of Lasch's understanding of the world and his fight for clarity and insight in a muddled, scattered age. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the liberalism of the early 1960s to Freudian-Marxian socialism to cultural populism and self-proclaimed radicalism, Lasch never stood still in his intellectual journey, and he continued to offer a sharp, prophetic outlook on American life until his untimely death in 1994. This one and only Christopher Lasch biography tells the remarkable story of a crucial intellectual figure whose restless questioning still points us to the hope for a better way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn the relevance of Christopher Lasch for readers today: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The next time you close a book frustrated by the author's 'pseudo self-insight' or are taken in by someone's 'nervous, self-deprecatory humor, ' the next time you find yourself repelled by the general collapse of 'impulse control' and by the type of person who 'sees the world as a mirror of himself, ' you might want to seek solace in Lasch's illuminations. The personality of his time, it seems, is even more the personality of ours.\" \u003cbr\u003e -- Lee Siegel in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Miller \u003c\/b\u003eis associate professor of history at Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFirst Things\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBooks \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, and several other publications. \"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 414\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.93 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 16, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49161984540824,"sku":"9780802879141","price":46.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/OUxQWUtnaVEvdnZxTENjZ1JKMWk0UT09.webp?v=1779814435","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/hope-in-a-scattering-time-a-life-of-christopher-lasch-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}