Mean Girl : Ayn Rand and the Culture of Greed / Lisa Duggan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duggan, Lisa, Author.

Series:

American studies now ; 8.

American Studies Now: Critical Histories of the Present ; 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rand, Ayn--Criticism and interpretation.

Rand, Ayn.

Rand, Ayn--Influence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (115 pages).

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

";Astute.";-New York Times Ayn Rand's complicated notoriety as popular writer, leader of a political and philosophical cult, reviled intellectual, and ostentatious public figure endured beyond her death in 1982. In the twenty-first century, she has been resurrected as a serious reference point for mainstream figures, especially those on the political right from Paul Ryan to Donald Trump. Mean Girlfollows Rand's trail through the twentieth century from the Russian Revolution to the Cold War and traces her posthumous appeal and the influence of her novels via her cruel, surly, sexy heroes. Outlining the impact of Rand's philosophy of selfishness, Mean Girl illuminates the Randian shape of our neoliberal, contemporary culture of greed and the dilemmas we face in our political present.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Overview

Preface

Introduction. "What Is Good for Me Is Right"

1. "Proud Woman Conqueror"

2. "Individualists of the World Unite!"

3. "Would You Cut the Bible?"

4. "I Found a Flaw"

Acknowledgments

Notes

Glossary

Key Figures

Selected Bibliography

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780520967793

0520967798

OCLC:

1073036474