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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Claudia Franziska Bruhwiler, Bruhwiler Claudia Franziska
• Editore: External catalogues UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9781793636850
• ISBN: 978-1-79363-685-0
• Pagine: 304
• Dimensioni: 155 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Serie: Print on Demand; Politics, Literature, & Film
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Saggistica; 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