Russian Nihilism as a Source of American Objectivism (Book Review: Weinacht, A. (2021) Nikolai Chernyshevskii and Ayn Rand: Russian Nihilism Travels to America. Lanham: Lexington Books. 167 p.)
The review discusses a monograph Nikolai Chernyshevskii and Ayn Rand: Russian Nihilism Travels to America by Aaron Weinacht, an American scholar, historicist, professor of the University of Montana Western. The book explores the intellectual history of nihilism, important in different periods for both Russia and the USA, by the example of two authors. The attention is focused on the historiographical apparatus of the research, its scholarly relevance and novelty, basic methodological principles in the analysis of the phenomenon. The author declares no conflicts of interests.
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intellectual history, Russian nihilism, Russia, the USA, Niko-lat. Chernyshevsky, Ayn RandAuthors
| Name | Organization | |
| Grigorovskaya Anastasiya V. | Tyumen State University | a.v.grigorovskaya@utmn.ru |
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Russian Nihilism as a Source of American Objectivism (Book Review: Weinacht, A. (2021) Nikolai Chernyshevskii and Ayn Rand: Russian Nihilism Travels to America. Lanham: Lexington Books. 167 p.) | Imagologiya i komparativistika – Imagology and Comparative Studies. 2022. № 17. DOI: 10.17223/24099554/17/18
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