Ayn Rand Cult by Jeff Walker

Ayn Rand Cult by Jeff Walker

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Ayn Rand and her philosophical school, Objectivism, have had considerable influence on American popular culture. This is the story of her life. The author aims to show what she was like and how she manipulated her followers. He seeks to answer why she continues to be influential.

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Ayn Rand Cult by Jeff Walker

Ayn Rand and her philosophical school, Objectivism, have had considerable influence on American popular culture. This is the story of her life. The author aims to show what she was like and how she manipulated her followers. He seeks to answer why she continues to be influential. He argues that the ideas Rand and her followers claimed as her own are not original, but a pastich of those of philosophers Friedrich Nietzsche and Herbert Spencer, economists Harriet Martineau and Friedrich Hayek, and 1920s business propaganda.
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ISBN 13 9780812693904
ISBN 10 0812693906
Title Ayn Rand Cult
Author Jeff Walker
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
Year published 1999-01-14
Number of pages 350
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