Goddess Of The Market: Ayn Rand And The American Right (2009) - Plot & Excerpts
a very impressive, well researched, well written biography . . i really, really wanted it to delve deeper in to Rand's actual philosophy and writing, but i don't think this was Burns' intent and you can't fault her for that . . i do, however, find the subtitle to be misleading . . and it makes me wonder how much the author (more likely, the publisher) subtitled it to match current zeitgeist . . that's okay too - in a Randian, capitalistic sort of way :) - though not too helpful for people in book aisles . . in other words: though the book does deal with Rand's legacy, it really doesn't do enough in terms of her relationship to the current right to warrant the naming . . anyway . . very worth a read . . a very interesting story about an interesting person . . Written very well. I enjoyed reading this history of Ayn Rand and Objectivism. It was amusing to read what was going on when I first started reading Ayn Rand's books back in high school in the very early 1970's. Jennifer Burns really did her homework and it shows in this balanced discussion of the woman and her ideas. Unfortunately, I have already seen several people point to the personality quirks of Ayn Rand as described in this book and discredit the ideas her books. This is a very blatant ad hominem fallacy. The ideas should be reviewed for their own merits. Read this book for some interesting background.
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Finally ! A sane, intelligent, full biog. of Rand, "Rand without rant" I dub it. Dub dub. Dub dub.
—virgo13
