The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides cannot even agree on a definition of the institution they are arguing about.
Christopher LaschToday Americans are overcome not by the sense of endless possibility but by the banality of the social order they have erected against it.
Christopher LaschKnowledge is what we get when an observer, preferably a scientifically trained observer, provides us with a copy of reality that we can all recognize.
Christopher LaschThe same historical development that turned the citizen into a client transformed the worker from a producer into a consumer.
Christopher Lasch