2 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
American journalist, critic, and social commentator — 'the Sage of Baltimore' — who wrote The American Language and dozens of cultural critiques, and who was responsible for introducing Nietzsche's philosophy to American readers through his 1908 study.
2000 American Psycho film directed by Mary Harron — adapted from Bret Easton Ellis's 1991 novel — starring Christian Bale as investment banker Patrick Bateman — a savage satire of 1980s Wall Street masculinity, consumerism, and the hollowness of identity.