Michiko Kakutani
Mr. Lasch, the author of such earlier books as "The Culture of Narcissism" (1979) and "The True and Only Heaven" (1991), employs remarkably similar arguments in this volume, garnishing them with highfalutin references to assorted philosophers and historians. . . . "The Revolt of the Elites," which includes chapters that previously appeared in a different form in periodicals like The New Republic, Tikkun and Salmagundi, never really comes together as an organic book. In the end, it remains a spliced-together collection of essays and book reviews that feels passive in spirit, and sour and reactive in tone. -- New York Times
Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly
Cultural critic Lasch, who passed away before this book was published, argues that American democracy is withering in the hands of professional and managerial elites who lack a sense of social and civic values. (Feb.)
Library Journal
If you don't think that democracies are being threatened from without by benevolent dictatorships, then maybe you'll agree that they are being threatened from within by self-serving elites. From the author of the best-selling The Culture of Narcissism (LJ 4/15/78), who completed this work shortly before his death.
From the Publisher
"Lasch is so pithy and cogent that he produces the kind of book that makes you want to corner friends and read it aloud to them." ---Booklist Starred Review
From the Publisher - AUDIO COMMENTARY
"Lasch is so pithy and cogent that he produces the kind of book that makes you want to corner friends and read it aloud to them." —Booklist Starred Review
