Avenues to Success for 10/15/09

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
     - Ayn Rand, 1905-1982,American novelist, philosopher, playwright, screenwriter

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Why Ayn Rand is Hot Again
The unconservative Ayn Rand and her relationship to the American right
Posted by Brian Doherty on October 10, 2009 at reason.com.

A review of Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right, by University of Virginia historian Jennifer Burns

(the book) . . . delivers a smart assessment of Rand's life and ideas and how they influenced each other. On what her book's title promises—the connections between Rand and the American right wing—Ms. Burns is less convincing, though she does provide enough data to make it clear why Rand has never really been a "goddess" to the American right.. . .

Ayn Rand: Fantasyland -  Vision.org, Spring 2009 Issue

We all have a philosophy of life, and we can usually look back and see that its seeds were planted early. Influenced by time and chance, a little nurture and a little nature, history and experience, these early ideas mature: the imagined realities of childhood give way to more reasonable perceptions. And as the innocence of a child’s sense of the world erodes over time, the fantasyland of first insights is reworked into the more pragmatic banners that guide an adult life.

It is therefore unusual to find someone who not only retains those early views but builds a whole superstructure of philosophical meaning atop them. Ayn Rand was such a person. . . .

Myths of Ayn Rand by Phil Hearse - The Rust Belt Radical

Most people sympathetic to radical politics outside the United States have probably never heard of Ayn Rand, and a brief introduction to her ultra pro-free market views would doubtless be enough to convince them they haven’t missed anything.  Yet 27 years after her death, Ayn Rand continues to be seriously debated in the US, her books sell hundreds of thousands each year, her views are propagated by right wing think tanks and foundations and – bizarrely – Charlize Theron is in discussions to turn Rand’s 1088-page magnus opus Atlas Shrugged into a TV mini-series.  The Times Educational Supplement claimed in July that the Ayn Rand revival is gathering pace on US campuses. According to the TES: . . .

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