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the superior individual of Ayn Rand’s fictional universe

Andrei Taganov is a notable exception. Andrei is the son of a factory owner and a true-believing communist who served with Leon Trotsky in the Red Army during the civil war. He is consistently principled, unlike his comrades. He also bears the marks of the superior individual of Ayn Rand’s fictiona…

—p.24 Mean Girl: Ayn Rand and the Culture of Greed “Proud Woman Conqueror” (13) by Lisa Duggan
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there they were in the Winter Palace

Alissa Rosenbaum had lived her short life oblivious to the existence of workers and peasants except as shadowy apparitions, specters of irrationality, or properly subordinated social inferiors. Then oh my god: there they were in the Winter Palace and at her door, behaving as equals and asserting th…

—p.17 “Proud Woman Conqueror” (13) by Lisa Duggan
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fractious

Rand’s posthumous appeal has not been limited to the fractious overlapping company of neoliberals, libertarians, conservatives, and right-wing politicians,

—p.10 Introduction. “What Is Good for Me Is Right” (1) by Lisa Duggan
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