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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Sciabarra, Chris Matthew, 1960- Ayn Rand. University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c1995 (OCoLC)609334256 Online version: Sciabarra, Chris Matthew, 1960- Ayn Rand. University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c1995 (OCoLC)624461670 |
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| Named Person: | Ayn Rand; Ayn Rand |
| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Chris Matthew Sciabarra |
| ISBN: | 0271014407 9780271014401 0271014415 9780271014418 |
| OCLC Number: | 31133644 |
| Description: | xiii, 477 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Responsibility: | Chris Matthew Sciabarra. |
Abstract:
Author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand (1905-1982) is one of the most widely read philosophers of the twentieth century. Yet, despite the sale of nearly thirty million copies of her works, there have been few extended scholarly examinations of her thought. Ayn Rand: The Russian Radical provides the first comprehensive analysis of the intellectual roots and philosophy of this controversial thinker. Chris Sciabarra views Rand's "Objectivism" as a rejection - and affirmation - of key elements in the Russian tradition. Born in Russia during the Silver Age, Rand was educated at Leningrad University and studied with N. O. Lossky. She absorbed a dialectical method of inquiry that profoundly influenced her literary and philosophic project. Her distinctive libertarian synthesis is presented as a major contribution to radical social theory. Ultimately, Sciabarra challenges Rand's followers and critics to reassess her thought and its place in intellectual history.
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