Christopher Lasch

Christopher Lasch (born June 1, 1932 in Omaha , Nebraska , † February 14, 1994 in Pittsford , New York) was a well-known American historian and social critic .

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Lasch studied at Harvard University and Columbia University . He was a member of the history faculty at Williams College from 1957 to 1967, from 1960 to 1961 at Roosevelt University in Chicago, from 1961 to 1966 at the University of Iowa and from 1966 to 1970 at Northwestern University . From 1970 to 1994 he taught as a professor of history at the University of Rochester . During this time he held the Don Alonzo Professorship in History from 1979 to 1994 , and he was Faculty Head from 1985 to 1994. In 1981 he was a Freud Lecturer at University College London .

He became known to a German-speaking audience especially with his book on narcissism in today's society ( The culture of narcissism , 1979).

In 1956 he married Nell Commager, with whom he had two sons and two daughters.

The age of narcissism . Steinhausen, Munich 1980; New edition: Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-455-10325-1 .
Security. The threat to the family in the modern world . Steinhausen, Munich 1981; dtv, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-423-15037-8 .
The blind elite. Power without responsibility . Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-455-11096-7 .

personal data
SURNAME	Lasch, Christopher
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American historian and social critic
DATE OF BIRTH	June 1, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH	Omaha , Nebraska
DATE OF DEATH	February 14, 1994
Place of death	Pittsford , New York