- Gebundene Ausgabe: 192 Seiten
- Verlag: Gibbs M. Smith Inc (Mai 1998)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0879058455
- ISBN-13: 978-0879058456
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 28,6 x 22,3 x 2,1 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.1 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (10 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 2.477.460 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Basically, this is a souvenir booklet for the Academy Award^-nominated documentary film with the same title. Some souvenir booklet, though. The text is the film's verbal continuity, and the illustrations, which occupy much more page-space than the words, are still photographs and a few drawings from animation sequences in the film. The subject is the procapitalist novelist-philosopher whose mammoth romances The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged still, the script avers, sell tens of thousands of copies yearly. (Another astonishing claim here is that of a poll that found Atlas Shrugged the second most influential book in America.) The script, which transcribes much ungrammatical spontaneous speech whose meanings are clarified in the film by vocal tone and facial expression, is often vague. Visually, however, the book is most impressive. Randians worth their salt should swoon over this wonderful supplement to Barbara Branden's Passion of Ayn Rand (1987) and Chris Sciabarra's Ayn Rand: The Russian Radical (1995). Ray Olson
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A companion to Michael Paxton's movie of the same name, using the same visual style and narrative content. Celebrates the life of the controversial writer Rand (1905-82), who was born in Russia and moved to the US where she developed and promulgated a form of radical capitalism. Credits stand in for
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Many in this review section argue about whether this book is biased as it doesn't show Rand's flaws, about whether objectivism is a cult, etc.
All of this misses the point. Whether or not she was a perfect person (of course she wasn't), whether or not this book is biased (it probably is), Ayn Rand was right. Her basic philosophy was pretty much the only moral, consistent, and life affirming one ever produced (whether or not she herself applied it perfectly). This book celebrates the only person ever to figure it out, and express it eloquently. Whatever her flaws or the books flaws, the world certainly needs (not deserves!) this book more than the countless other pieces of garbage out there.
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Like the documentary it accompanies, this book is filled with interesting visuals sure to delight any fan of Rand. But beware: neither the book nor the film is worthy of the term "biography" (or "truth" for that matter); rather, they present a "sanitized" version of Rand, incomplete in huge respects, deliberately misleading, and intellectually dishonest. Even press releases for the Ayn Rand Institute have their value, however, and if you do not place any reliance on this book for an honest or full account of Rand's life, it does contain valuable and delightful content.
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A gorgeous little book! Nice pictures, nice admiring tone for an eminently admirable person. Made me want to see the movie.
Should it be criticized for its ignoring or giving only a mere mention of Rand's faults and/or the worst moments of her life? Well, read the introduction. Paxton says right out that his purpose is not to tell all but "to express the summation of who Ayn Rand was as a person," as demonstrated by benevolent, joyful, heroic sense of life. So he has selectively focused on certain aspects of Rand's life but not others. Is this nonobjective of him? No, because every biographer must include some facts and omit others. Which facts are included depends on the author's purpose. In Paxton's case, he's wrong only if his view of the essence of Rand's life is wrong. If certain facts of Rand's life don't contribute to an understanding and appreciation of her sense of life, then, in Paxton's case, they are justifiably omitted. (It goes without saying, of course, that Paxton rejects the unbacked-by-evidence claims of Rand's ghoulishness by the Brandens, et al.)
Some people probably find fault with Paxton's purpose, but I don't know what to say to them other than that the purpose of MY life is enjoyment. I don't and shouldn't want to focus on the sad and disgusting little details when I don't have to.
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The story of a woman who said she would stop the motor of the world - and didn't.
Am 11. August 1999 veröffentlicht
Glossy but dumb
A Child's Golden Book of Ayn Rand... Why in the world would someone take the time and trouble to publish a book without acquainting himself with the facts of his subject's life? Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 30. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
Biased, but fascinating
The book and movie are clearly the products of people who idolize Ayn Rand, so they are not completely "objective. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 6. Mai 1999 veröffentlicht
Beatiful portrait of a titan
"If a life can have a 'theme song' - and I believe every worthwhile one has - mine is a religion, an obsession or a mania - or all of these - expressed in one word:... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 4. April 1999 veröffentlicht
Inspiring and Thorough
This book is a great supplement to the biographical documentary. I saw the film with a friend who is decidedly not a fan of Ayn Rand, and she found it very inspiring. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 14. März 1999 von Andrew Hazlett
Ayn Rand: A Sense of Death
Before you read this book, ask yourself a couple of questions: If Objectivism is a philosophy devoted to reason, individuality, creativity, and productivity, why is it that its... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 10. März 1999 veröffentlicht
Withholding the sanction of the victim
As a second-hander and social metaphysician, I am utterly consumed by hatred of all achievement. I therefore have to condemn this biography with my whole miserable heart and mind,... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 11. Februar 1999 veröffentlicht
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