Author

Publication

2019-05-14 - University of California Press

Language

English

Word Count

34,000 words, Guess

Page Count

136 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100520294777
  • ISBN-139780520294776
  • Library of Congress Control Number2018051014
  • OCLC Control Number1029227647
  • Better World Books9780520294776
and 2 more

Classifications

  • LCCPS3535.A547Z63 2019
  • LCCPS3535.A547 Z63 2019

Description

"Ayn Rand's complicated notoriety as popular writer, leader of a political and philosophical cult, reviled intellectual, and ostentatious public figure followed her beyond her death in 1982. In the twenty-first century, she has been resurrected as a serious reference point for mainstream figures, especially--but not only--those on the political right from Paul Ryan to Donald Trump. Mean Girl traces the posthumous appeal and influence of Rand's novels via her cruel, surly, sexy heroes, outlining the impact of her philosophy of selfishness. Following Rand's trail through the twentieth century from the Russian Revolution to the Cold War, Mean Girl illuminates the Randian shape of our neoliberal, contemporary culture of greed and the dilemmas we face in our political present"--Provided by publisher.

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  • Mean Girl: Ayn Rand and the Culture of GreedPaperbackUniversity of California Press2019-05-14

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