Nikolai Chernyshevskii and Ayn Rand - Russian Nihilism Travels to America

Nikolai Chernyshevskii and Ayn Rand: Russian Nihilism Travels to America argues that the core commitments of the 1860's nihilism made their way to 20th century America via the thought of Ayn Rand. Nikolai Chernyshevskii's What is to Be Done? (1863) and Rand's Atlas Shrugged (1957) identify similar problems; identical theses propose to solve those problems.

Sommario

Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Establishing the Nihilist Axiom: Rational Egoism in Chernyshevskii, Pisarev, and Rand
Chapter 2: Heroism and Creativity as a Nihilist Tradition
Chapter 3: Youth, Suffering, and the Man-God Problem
Chapter 4: Love, Sex, and Relationships
Conclusion: The Nihilist Self in Context

Info autore

Aaron Weinacht is professor of history at the University of Montana Western.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Aaron Weinacht
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9781793634771
• ISBN: 978-1-79363-477-1
• Pagine: 182
• Serie: Politics, Literature, & Film
• Categorie: Saggistica > Enciclopedie, opere di consultazione > Dizionari di lingua straniera; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; History, HISTORY / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, Political science & theory, Language: reference & general