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“Lisa Duggan gets it exactly right . . . when she writes that Rand's ‘particular gift was not for philosophical elaboration, but for stark condensation and aphorism. She deployed this gift to create a moral economy of inequality to infuse her softly pornographic romance fiction with the political eros that would captivate a mass readership.’" * Times Higher Education *
"Provides an explanation for our current cultural and political moment. . . . Duggan’s book sums up Rand’s life and philosophy in under ninety pages." -- Masha Gessen * The New Yorker *

"[Duggan] is sharp, engaging, and funny when writing about Rand, whose magnetism, determination, grandiosity, desperation, and galloping narcissism Duggan captures beautifully."

* New York Review of Books *

Table of 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

Mean Girl

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 14 May 2019
      ISBN-13 9780520294769
      978-0520294769
      ISBN-10 0520294769

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      “Lisa Duggan gets it exactly right . . . when she writes that Rand's ‘particular gift was not for philosophical elaboration, but for stark condensation and aphorism. She deployed this gift to create a moral economy of inequality to infuse her softly pornographic romance fiction with the political eros that would captivate a mass readership.’" * Times Higher Education *
      "Provides an explanation for our current cultural and political moment. . . . Duggan’s book sums up Rand’s life and philosophy in under ninety pages." -- Masha Gessen * The New Yorker *

      "[Duggan] is sharp, engaging, and funny when writing about Rand, whose magnetism, determination, grandiosity, desperation, and galloping narcissism Duggan captures beautifully."

      * New York Review of Books *

      Table of 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

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