The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations
Description
This influential cultural critique examines the rise of self-absorption, insecurity, and diminishing expectations in modern American life. It explores how consumerism, celebrity culture, shifting family structures, and the growth of therapeutic institutions have encouraged dependence on external validation while weakening communal bonds and long-term ideals. Beneath the pursuit of pleasure and personal fulfillment, the book identifies a deeper collective anxiety shaped by social instability and fear. Provocative and wide-ranging, it remains a significant analysis of narcissism as both a personal condition and a defining feature of contemporary society.
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paperback
Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
Published Jan 1, 2018
320 pages
ISBN: 9780393356175
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First Published
1979
Language
eng
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