Out of a Gray Fog - Ayn Rand's Europe

While Ayn Rand is a household name in the United States, her name holds less currency in Europe. This book retraces Rand's European influences and her impact on European readers, revealing a complicated publication and reception history as well as a remarkable panorama of thinkers and artists among her admirers.

List of contents

Introduction: All-American Rand?
Chapter 1: Writer, Philosopher, Icon, Dime-Store Ideologue? Categorizing Rand
Chapter 2: Choosing America, Being European
Chapter 3: "A Huge Cemetery": Russia as Dystopia
Chapter 4: Rand's Europe: From Utopia to a "State-worshipping Culture"
Chapter 5: Kantian Evils and Aristotelian Misunderstandings: Randian Usage of European Philosophy
Chapter 6: Lost in Translation: Publishing Rand in Europe
Chapter 7: Tea Party Icon and Capitalist Porn: Rand in the European Media
Chapter 8: A European Collective? Randian Thought across the Atlantic
Chapter 9: Critical Reflections: Rand through the Lens of European Artists

About the author

Claudia Franziska Brühwiler holds a doctorate in Political Science and a venia legendi (PD; Privatdozentin) in American Studies from the University of St.Gallen where she teaches U.S. politics, history, and culture.

Summary

While Ayn Rand is a household name in the United States, her name holds less currency in Europe. This book retraces Rand's European influences and her impact on European readers, revealing a complicated publication and reception history as well as a remarkable panorama of thinkers and artists among her admirers.

Product details

• Authors: Claudia Franziska Bruhwiler, Bruhwiler Claudia Franziska
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9781793636850
• ISBN: 978-1-79363-685-0
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Print on Demand; Politics, Literature, & Film
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Non-fiction book; Europe, Political Ideologies, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Libertarianism, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Political ideologies and movements