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Christopher Lasch

1932 - 1994

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Robert Christopher Lasch (June 1, 1932 – February 14, 1994) was an American historian and social critic who was a history professor at the University of Rochester. He sought to use history to demonstrate what he saw as the pervasiveness with which major institutions, public and private, were eroding the competence and independence of families and communities. Lasch strove to create a historically informed social criticism that could teach Americans how to deal with rampant consumerism, proletarianization, and what he famously labeled "the culture of narcissism". His books, including The New Radicalism in America (1965), Haven in a Heartless World (1977), The Culture of Narcissism (1979), The True and Only Heaven (1991), and The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy (published posthumously in 1995) were widely discussed and reviewed. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christopher Lasch is the 509th most popular historian (down from 489th in 2019), the 9,963rd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,470th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular American Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Christopher Lasch ranks 509 out of 561. Before him are William Mitchell Ramsay, Firishta, Richard Taruskin, N. G. L. Hammond, Jacques Barzun, and Vladimir Ćorović. After him are Griselda Pollock, Richard Overy, David Bordwell, Hugh N. Kennedy, Robert Kagan, and George Grote.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Christopher Lasch ranks 476. Before him are S. M. Krishna, Guido Vincenzi, Sergio Caprari, Richard Dawson, Peggy Ann Garner, and Nasif Estéfano. After him are Padmini, Roger Dumas, Barbara Loden, Sergio Brighenti, Suzy Parker, and John McNally. Among people deceased in 1994, Christopher Lasch ranks 311. Before him are Yuli Raizman, Richard Scarry, John Wain, Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana, Dave Albritton, and Edward Kienholz. After him are Numa Andoire, Carol Yager, Dan Hartman, Dolly Haas, Parveen Shakir, and Aleksandr Chakovsky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Christopher Lasch ranks 9,965 out of 20,380. Before him are Aileen Pringle (1895), Judee Sill (1944), Ruth Hussey (1911), Rebecca Solnit (1961), Chad Channing (1967), and Larry the Cable Guy (1963). After him are Jessica Simpson (1980), Ira Aldridge (1807), Donald Gibb (1954), Charles Stanton Ogle (1865), Amy Poehler (1971), and Elle Fanning (1998).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, Christopher Lasch ranks 42. Before him are Stephen F. Cohen (1938), Samuel Eliot Morison (1887), Alfred W. Crosby (1931), Daniel Pipes (1949), American Horse (1840), and Richard Taruskin (1945). After him are David Bordwell (1947), Carroll Quigley (1910), Richard Hofstadter (1916), Francis Parkman (1823), Anthony Grafton (1950), and Ellen Meiksins Wood (1942).

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