Narcissism or Informalization?: Christopher Lasch, Norbert Elias and Social Diagnosis

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 131-151

  Kilminster, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1177/0263276408090661     Document Type: Article

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