Lasch was hip briefly back in the late 70s. Then came the Reagan Machtdergreifung.
I see. Sounds kinda sorta like the late Christopher Lasch's The Culture of Narcissism. Lasch is easy to read and makes some valid points.
Sorry I am unfamiliar with that author, but I was alive in the late 60s and while the hippies were a breathe of fresh air at the time I question their relevance to today's issues. For one thing the hippie phenomena arose at a time of the Vietnam war, but domestically the economy was booming. Due to the war there was very little unemployment, at least for white people. The economy has totally changed since then.