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- Book Title
- Autarchies: The Invention Of Selfishness
- ISBN
- 9781474297707
- Subject Area
- Literary Criticism, Philosophy, Psychology
- Publication Name
- Autarchies : the Invention of Selfishness
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Subject
- European / General, General, History & Surveys / Modern, Aesthetics, Political
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.4 in
- Item Weight
- 9.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 208 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-10
1474297706
ISBN-13
9781474297707
eBay Product ID (ePID)
223891471
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Autarchies : the Invention of Selfishness
Publication Year
2017
Subject
European / General, General, History & Surveys / Modern, Aesthetics, Political
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Philosophy, Psychology
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
9.4 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2017-288448
Reviews
David Ashford's alert chronicle of anarcho-modernism begins with Max Stirner and ends with Ayn Rand. Inverting the old saw ("What is an egoist? -- Someone who does not think of me!"), Ashford proves that the reverse is true: anarcho-modernism, founded on consistently contrarian selfishness, includes unforgettable egoists who matter and relate to us. Dora Marsden and Ayn Rand belong to our history of modernity along with James Joyce, Ezra Pound, Wyndham Lewis, the Dadaists and the violent anarchists of the Bonnot gang. Anarcho-modernists of the world, unite!
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
190
Table Of Content
Introduction: The Wisdom of Rats: The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism Chapter 1: The Accidental Regime: Max Stirner and the Politics of Selfishness Chapter 2: Philosophic Algebra: the Modernism of Dora Marsden's Egoist Chapter 3: The Siberia of the Mind: Egoism in Modernist Writings Chapter 4: A New Concept of Egoism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand
Synopsis
The philosophy of Ayn Rand has had a role equal or greater than that of Milton Friedman or F.A. Hayek in shaping the contemporary neo-liberal consensus. Its impact was powerful on architects of Reaganomics such as Alan Greenspan, former Director of the World Bank, and the new breed of American industrialists who developed revolutionary information technologies in Silicon Valley. But what do we really know of Rand's philosophy? Is her gospel of selfishness really nothing more than a reiteration of a quintessentially American "rugged individualism"? This book argues that Rand's philosophy can in fact be traced back to a moment, before World War I, when the work of a now-forgotten German philosopher called Max Stirner possessed an extraordinary appeal for writers and artists across Europe. The influence of Stirnerian Egoism upon that phase of intense creative innovation we now call Modernism was seminal. The implications for our understanding of Modernism are profound - so too for our grasp of the "cultural logic of late capitalism." This book presents the reader with a fresh perspective on the Modernist classics, as well as introducing less familiar art and writing that is only now beginning to attract interest in the West. It arrives at a fresh and compelling re-evaluation of Modernism: revealing its selfish streak., The philosophy of Ayn Rand has had a role equal or greater than that of Milton Friedman or F.A. Hayek in shaping the contemporary neo-liberal consensus. Its impact was powerful on architects of Reaganomics such as Alan Greenspan, former Director of the World Bank, and the new breed of American industrialists who developed revolutionary information technologies in Silicon Valley. But what do we really know of Rand's philosophy? Is her gospel of selfishness really nothing more than a reiteration of a quintessentially American "rugged individualism"? This book argues that Rand's philosophy can in fact be traced back to a moment, before World War I, when the work of a now-forgotten German philosopher called Max Stirner possessed an extraordinary appeal for writers and artists across Europe. The influence of Stirnerian Egoism upon that phase of intense creative innovation we now call Modernism was seminal. The implications for our understanding of Modernism are profound - so too for our grasp of the "cultural logic of late capitalism". This book presents the reader with a fresh perspective on the Modernist classics, as well as introducing less familiar art and writing that is only now beginning to attract interest in the West. It arrives at a fresh and compelling re-evaluation of Modernism: revealing its selfish streak.
LC Classification Number
HD82
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