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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. NA 1886-1961. Among other things, Isabel Paterson was a book critic for the New York Herald-Tribune, writing a column for the *Books* section for many years. People who love books, like people at LT, should consider giving this biography a try. The biographer is mainly interested in Isabel Paterson's ideas rather than her personality. While her ideas are defintely worth spending time on (she was a brilliant woman), it's a shame that more of Paterson's personality wasn't put into this book. According to Cox, Paterson was a big influence on Ayn Rand. She also wrote a book called *The God of the Machine,* described as "one of the few original theories of history that have been developed in America. Paterson was the sort of person who enjoyed her time alone and avoided a lot of socializing because she found it to be a bore. I can believe that Paterson was something of a difficult subject for a biography: she wasn't married, didn't have children, and didn't have all that many friends, and more so as she got older. Cox says she considered herself a "hopeless loss" to social events. According to Cox, "A very large book could be devoted to describing all the people who disagreed with Isabel Paterson," but no one could deny that Paterson gave as good as she got. Good notes and index; unfortunately no listed bibliography. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Novelist, columnist, cultural critic, political theorist-- Isabel Paterson was one of the most extraordinary personalities of the 1930s, renowned for her incisive wit and her unique interpretation of the American experience. The Woman and the Dynamo is the first biography of a woman who has long been a source of rumor and legend. From interviews, private papers, and her millions of published words, Stephen Cox weaves a narrative that brings Paterson vividly to life. A radical individualist in both theory and practice, Paterson spent her early life on the Western frontier, "lavished" two years on formal education, set a record for high-altitude flight, became a journalist by "accident," and made herself a fearless chronicler and conscience of New York literary life. At the same time, she made a permanent contribution to American political thought. Paterson identified the fundamental issues at stake in the crises of the twentieth century and responded with an original theory of history and political economy. In her view, the individual mind is the dynamo of history, working through the "long circuit" of institutions that maintain and enhance individual liberty; and America is the place where the advanced forms of those institutions were invented and are currently undergoing their severest trial. While other intellectuals derided the American ideal of progress and called for the restraint or abolition of the capitalist system, Paterson demanded a scrupulous application of the "engineering principles" on which American civilization had been built. The Woman and the Dynamo provides one of the few broad and detailed accounts of the origins of the American political Right, emphasizing the special role that women and imaginative writers played in its creation, and posing new questions about what it means to be "left" or "right," "liberal" or "conservative" in America. This will be compelling reading for those interested in twentieth century intellectual history, literature, and politics. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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