Instead of taking environmentalism away from the left, conservatives condemn it as a counsel of doom.
Christopher LaschIdeologies, however appealing, cannot shape the whole structure of perceptions and conduct unless they are embedded in daily experiences that confirm them.
Christopher LaschThe proper role of humanists is not to bring 'human values' to the attention of technicians otherwise engaged in a purely instrumental approach to their calling, but to demand the restoration of the practical or moral element in callings that have degenerated into techniques.
Christopher LaschTraditionalists will have to master techniques of sustained activism formerly monopolized by the left.
Christopher Lasch