“For all his inner suffering,
the narcissist has many traits that make
for success in bureaucratic institutions,
which put premium on the manipulation of interpersonal relations, discourage the formation of deep personal attachments, and at the same time provide the narcissist with the approval he needs in order to validate his self-esteem.”
Christopher Lasch,
historian / critic
From his work, The Culture of Narcissism (1978)
Today marks the anniversary of Lasch's death (1994)...