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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

“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

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.

Christopher Lasch, The Agony of Left.

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

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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.