THE REVOLT OF THE ELITES: And the Betrayal of Democracy by, Christopher Lasch Publisher: W.W. Norton & CO. December - 1995 In this book, an American historian finds fault with the values and beliefs of America's professional elites. Christopher Lasch argues that democracy today is threatened not by the masses, as Jose Ortega y Gasset argued in The Revolt of the Masses, but by the elites. These elites - mobile and increasingly global in outlook - refuse to accept limits or ties to any nation or place. Lasch contends that as they isolate themselves in their networks and enclaves, they...