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The Woman and the Dynamo - Isabel Paterson and the Idea of America (Paperback)
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The Woman and the Dynamo - Isabel Paterson and the Idea of America (Paperback)
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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.
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