Every age develops its own peculiar forms of pathology, which express in exaggerated form its underlying character structure.
Source: The Culture of Narcissism, ch. 2, Social Influences on Narcissism (1979).
-- Christopher Lasch, (Jun 1 1932-1994), US cultural historian, writer; He wrote The Culture of Narcissism, 1979 and The Lost Art of Political Argument.