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Rand is an enduringly popular figure; her books have sold 30 million copies, respondents to a Library of Congress survey said her work was second only to the Bible in its impact on their lives, and The New Yorker has just rediscovered her sex life (July 24, 1995). But her impact was through her fiction, and attempts to extract her philosophy have usually resulted in thin intellectual chicken soup. This book is an exception. Sciabarra, a visiting scholar in politics at NYU, goes back to Rand's Russian roots, arguing that she rejected both Russian religious mysticism and Marxism but clung to what they had in common?a rejection of mind-matter dualism and a concentration on the concrete. He also argues (more doubtfully) that she developed her own dialectic of the mutual implication of mind and matter, thought and action, reason and feeling. Sciabarra thinks it is this dialectical tension that gives Rand's ideas power, but he admits she would have rejected the word dialectic and that he is bringing a hidden structure to light. Essential for Rand fans and for academics who want to analyze her thought.?Leslie Armour, Univ. of Ottawa
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This work, based on materials from the Leningrad archives, interviews with Russian contemporaries of Rand and a diversity of sources within the written and oral tradition of objectivism, provides an analysis of the intellectual roots and philosophy of Ayn Rand.
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Those unfamiliar with the history of Ayn Rand may wonder about the widely divergent reviews *Russian Radical* has received at Amazon and elsewhere. My own view is that Sciabarra writes with superb scholarship and penetrating insight. His book is the main reason for my renewed interest in the ideas of Rand.
The critics of *Russian Radical* fall into roughly three camps. The first consists of those who appreciate Sciabarra's scholarship but disagree with his application of "dialectics" to Rand's thought. This is an honest and mostly friendly disagreement. Many of these critics are associated with the Objectivist Center of New York.
The second camp consists of Rand's "true believers" who take adoration of Rand to a near-cultish extreme. Such people, often associated with the Ayn Rand Institute, regularly attack scholars not officially sanctioned by Leonard Peikoff, Rand's heir. If you hear ad hominem attacks directed toward Sciabarra, chances are they're coming from this camp.
The third camp of critics consists of those who feel an irrational hostility toward Rand and who take out this hostility on anyone who sympathizes with Rand's beliefs. Rand, after all, advocated egoism and capitalism, making her an arch-enemy of big-government advocates and religionists.
Of course, there are also thousands of readers, me included, who appreciate Sciabarra's work and agree with it substantially. In my view, *Russian Radical* is the single most important book on Rand's ideas ever written. - Ari Armstrong
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Readers of this book will be interested to learn that the author, Chris Matthew Sciabarra, has gotten hold of Rand's original university transcripts and made them available in the very first issue of the _Journal of Ayn Rand Studies_. In Sciabarra's view, the transcripts tend to confirm (though not conclusively) his suggestion that Rand was a student of N.O. Lossky, and they certainly confirm that she was exposed to a good deal of "dialectical" philosophy at the University of Leningrad (which she attended during 1921-24). Visit _The Daily Objectivist_ for a review of this excellent journal, and follow the links for information about how to receive it.
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Chris Matthew Sciabarra has written an interesting book on the origins of Ayn Rand's thought. He argues that Rand is a "dialectical" thinker in the tradition of her Russian philosophy professors such as N. O. Lossky. Sciabarra presents historical evidence of this and also shows similarities between the thought of Rand and other thinkers in the dialectical tradition.
Ultimately, however, I'm not convinced. While there are interesting parallels, it seems to me that one can say the same thing with respect to all sorts of thinkers. It's easy to find similarities between thinkers and jump to the conclusion that one influenced the other, or that thinker B is "really" saying the same thing as A.
That being said, Prof. Sciabarra is an excellent writer with a tremendous grasp of Rand's thought and the relevant literature. Drawing on this, he provides one of the best discussions of Rand's philosophy. For example, the chapture "Being" is outstanding.
As Mr. Scott Ryan has noted, Rand's transcript has now been found. In addition, more of Rand's journals have been released. I hope that Prof. Sciabarra updates this valuable work.
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The best book yet written on Rand's thought
Ayn Rand did not exist until this book was written.
Sciabarra has conjured a philosopher out of the unlikeliest of places - a cult hero, a writer of psychologically superficial... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 4. Februar 2000 von Bryan Register
Sciabarra confuses Dialectical Method with mere verbalism
Those reviewers who have noted that Mr. Sciabarra understands Rand better than Mr. Peikoff are not far off the mark. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 15. Januar 2000 von Greg Nyquist
Warning: This is not Ayn Rand.
Like any great artist, Ayn Rand has her share of people who are trying to leech off of her success. This book is a shining example of someone trying to cash in on her famous name. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 24. Dezember 1999 veröffentlicht
Objectivism is a religion, not a philosophy
I don't know why Mr. Sciabarra bothers to write such an ambitious book about this 3rd rate philosopher and writer of teenage fiction. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 8. März 1999 veröffentlicht
Won't appeal to the semiliterate
Sciabarra's excellent scholarly overview of Ayn Rand's thought will not appeal to semiliterates who write, e.g., that this book is "not objectovist in principal. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 25. Februar 1999 veröffentlicht
Controversial but thorough; torques off Randroids to boot
Chris Matthew Sciabarra had to know that in writing this book he was bound to irritate the Rand-worshipping dogmatists of orthodox Objectivism. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 14. Januar 1999 von Scott Ryan (sandgryan@worldnet.att.net)
Warning! This book may be dangerous to your dogma
This book is reviled and hated by Objecto-dogmatists who do not understand the book's theme at all, and most have hardly bothered to read it. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 3. Dezember 1998 veröffentlicht
Excellent! One of the best books on Rand's philosophy
Let me say, first off, that Chris Sciabarra understands Objectivism better than "intellectual heir-head" Leonard Peikoff does, and this book demonstrates that fact! Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 30. November 1998 veröffentlicht
DO NOT READ THIS BOOK TO LEARN OBJECTIVISM
This book is a weapon to destroy Objectivism, not a vehicle to apply it to the political arena. Begin by reading "Philosophy: Who Needs It" by Ayn Rand if you wish to... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 18. November 1998 veröffentlicht
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