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Feminist Interpretations of Ayn Rand (Re-Reading the Canon) 1st Edition

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Product Details

  • Series: Re-Reading the Canon
  • Paperback: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press; 1st edition (February 4, 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0271018313
  • ISBN-13: 978-0271018317
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.2 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Great book
By A Customer on March 11, 1999
Format: Paperback
I have no idea what book Mats Landstrom read... but it seems to me that he is criticizing Objectivism, and not saying ANYTHING about this volume. This book has absolutely nothing to do with the cult of Objectivism, and everything to do with intelligent discussion and criticism of Rand's ideas. I don't agree with everything in the book, but it is so provocative and so extraordinary in terms of its diversity and scholarship that I can't recommend it more strongly.
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22 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Fantastically Interesing Rand Commentary
By Joshua Zader on February 11, 1999
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Some browsers might be interested in an open letter that Nathaniel Branden <NathanielBranden@compuserve.com> wrote to Chris Sciabarra concerning this book:
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Dear Everyone, Now that it's in the bookstores (or available through amazon.com), I urge you to buy and read FEMINIST INTERPRETATIONS OF AYN RAND. The collection is fantastically interesting--and important. (Forget the fact that I am one of the contributors; this is not self-serving.) Naturally, one likes some essays more than others, and some of the pieces are anything but friendly to Rand, and that's all right too, because what matters is that the average intellectual level of the pieces is very high--and the editors are to be saluted for assembling this marvelous collection and for taking another step in closing the gap between AR and the academy. I have no words to convey the rush I experienced while reading this book. Those poor souls at ARI do not understand that this book, criticisms of Rand and all, will do more to advance the cause of Rand's work than all their true-believer praise and idiotic adulation. Have fun. I did. And (if anyone cares) you can quote me. Nathaniel
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7 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Many disciplines brought to bear ...
By T. Bank on February 14, 2001
Format: Paperback
This anthology includes a marvelous variety of perspectives on Rand's philosophy as well as her fiction; to criticize this work based on the all-or-nothing behavior of the ARI or on (mis)perceptions of Rand's "egoism" is to fail to engage the actual subjects of the articles themselves. To address some of the arguments leveled in previous reviews:
This book does not claim to "promote" Rand, nor are its articles written from the perspective of the true believer. To disagree with Rand's Objectivism does nothing to address the contents of the anthology. As a matter of fact, several of the contributors themselves strongly disagree with and/or disapprove of Rand, for various reasons.
The editors do not claim Rand was herself a feminist, although the essays provide a framework for interpreting Rand from a feminist perspective. Further, Rand's self-identification as NOT a feminist does not mean that there is nothing in her work that can be applied to feminism, or from which feminism might benefit.
And to claim that the volume is trying to "cash in" on Rand's name is to ignore the entire scope of literary, philosophical, cultural, psychoanalytic, and feminist criticism. The work of the literary critic, for example, involves interpreting a text from a new perspective in order to suggest meanings or structures, to uncover parallels or contradictions, and to struggle with conceptual knots found in the text. One reading will differ from another, opening up different aspects of the text that may or may not have anything to do with the author; once a book has been written, anyone who reads it is free to interpret it as he or she sees fit.Read more ›
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A FASCINATING COLLECTION OF ESSAYS THAT ILLUMINATES RAND
By Steven H Propp TOP 100 REVIEWER on April 5, 2012
Format: Hardcover
Mimi Reisel Gladstein is also the author of books such as The New Ayn Rand Companion, Revised and Expanded Edition, Atlas Shrugged: Manifesto of the Mind, and Ayn Rand (Major Conservative & Libertarian Thinkers); Chris Matthew Sciabarra is also the author of books such as Ayn Rand: The Russian Radical, Ayn Rand, Homosexuality, and Human Liberation, and Ayn Rand : Her Life and Thought.

They wrote in their Introduction to this 1999 book, "Feminism is not a monolith. It is composed of a variety of approaches in both method and content. This volume reflects that proposition... several individuals who remain within the Randian circle ... were not willing to contribute to any volume whose premise is feminism... As co-editors of this volume, we hope to have contributed to a critical rereading of Rand's works as 'works of philosophy in their own right.' That this discussion of an influential woman thinker of the Western canon takes place in the context of feminism is both appropriate and long overdue.Read more ›
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

This volume's few exceptions to ignorance don't compensate for myriad...

This anthology is a diverse -- perhaps motley is a better word -- collection somewhat unified by the editors' intention to have its multiple contributors discuss Ayn Rand "in the... Read more

Published on May 31, 2011 by David P. Hayes
Rembrandt confetti

Rand's morphing in a feminist is the entire object of the book; hence the new term "Randian-Feminism. Read more

Published on August 16, 2003 by A. Morrow
N. Branden's comments silly and layered with irony

Nathaniel Branden writes in his review: "...this book, criticisms of Rand and all, will do more to advance the cause of Rand's work than all their (actual Objectivists)... Read more

Published on December 6, 2001
Excellent wide-ranging scholarly discussion

I'm a contributor to this anthology. This book covers a lot of new ground, bringing together people and perspectives all over the map, from different disciplines and backgrounds,... Read more

Published on March 6, 2001 by Thomas Gramstad
CULT?

The following of Ayn Rand is a not a "cult." As rational people, we should be able to draw the distinction. Read more

Published on March 27, 2000 by Luke Thomas
FEMINISM IN SEARCH OF THE FEMALE?

It is very good to see such interest in Rand, and as a canonical feminist no less. People are getting away from arguing about her ideas and seeking to understand them. Read more

Published on December 27, 1999 by Michael "MG" Gilson
Warning: This is not AYN RAND.

Like any great artist, Ayn Rand has her share of people who are trying to cash in on her success. This book is a shining example of that. Read more

Published on December 23, 1999
There is nothing of value to interpret

I believe Ayn Rand's writings are very destructive. And this isn't because of her highly un-original philosophy. Read more

Published on March 8, 1999

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