Christopher Lasch , an American historian and social critic wrote in his book `` The Culture of Narcissism '' ( 1979 ) that North American society in the 1970s was narcissistic ( had narcisstic colour ) .
Christopher Lasch , an American historian and social critic wrote in his book `` The Culture of Narcissism '' ( 1979 ) that North American society in the 1970 's was narcissistic .