The Culture of Narcissism (Ft. C. Derick Varn)

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This episode of the 1Dime Radio podcast is about Christopher Lasch and his famous book "The Culture of Narcissism." As I am new to Lasch's work, I decided to bring on C. Derick Varn, who has read all of Christopher Lasch's work and wrote about it. C. Derick Varn is an author, poet, veteran podcaster, educator, and host of the podcast Varn Vlog and co-host of the mortalscience podcast.

Check out Varn's excellent podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/c/CDerickVarnVlog/videos

Varn Vlog is on all podcast platforms: https://varnvlogvoice.buzzsprout.com/

Varn's Twitter: https://twitter.com/skepoe

This podcast is primarily about The Culture of Narcissism by Christopher Lasch and why Lasch's work and legacy is relevant to society today. In particular, this book is especially relevant to new age spirituality, hippies, the counterculture, individualism, neoliberalism, identity politics, performance activism, as well as the general widespread increase in egoism and self absorption in society.

In Part 2, Varn and I talk about campism on the left, anarcho-liberalism, social justice warriors, and the phenomenon of new Stalinism/“Tankies”

Part 2 is a bonus episode for my patrons only. Get access to it and other exclusive 1Dime podcasts by becoming a Patron at patreon.com/OneDime

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