Description |
1 online resource (417 pages) |
Contents |
Preface; Chronology of the Objectivist Movement; Introduction: The Most Peculiar Cult on Earth; 1: The Cult While the Guru Lived; 2: Entrails: The Anatomy of the Cult; 3: The Cult After the Guru's Death; 4: Sex, Art, and Psychotherapy; 5: Nathaniel Branden: The Godfather of Self-Esteem; 6: Leonard Peikoff: From Serf to Pontiff; 7: Alan Greenspan: The Undertaker Takes Over; 8: The Mind of the Guru; 9: The Dark Side of the Guru's Soul; 10: The Roots of Objectivism; 11: The Disowned Ancestry of "Atlas Shrugged"; 12: Ayn Rand's Legacy; Notes; Sources; Selected Bibliography; Index. |
Summary |
Despised by the intellectual establishment, Ayn Rand continues to attract many thousands of devoted followers. Her "Objectivist" movement preaches an uncompromising hard line on politics, art, sex, and psychological health. Though much has been written about Rand, The Ayn Rand Cult is the first book to explain the true origin of her ideas and to show how they were shaped into a new, atheistic religion. Jeff Walker shatters many myths about Rand, exposing Objectivism as a classic cult, unusual because of its overt emphasis on self-interest, rationality, and atheism, but typical of cults in its. |
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Print version record. |
Subject |
Women novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Objectivism (Philosophy) -- History.
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Women philosophers -- United States -- Biography.
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Philosophers, Modern -- United States -- Biography.
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Authors and readers -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Fiction -- Appreciation -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Objectivism (Philosophy)
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Philosophy in literature.
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Rand, Ayn -- Appreciation -- United States.
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United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Novelists, American. (OCoLC)fst01039688
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Objectivism (Philosophy) (OCoLC)fst01042814
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Philosophers, Modern. (OCoLC)fst01060765
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Women novelists, American. (OCoLC)fst01178201
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Women philosophers. (OCoLC)fst01178286
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999
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Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Other Form: |
Print version: Walker, Jeff. Ayn Rand Cult. New York : Open Court, ©2012 9780812693904 |
ISBN |
9780812698190 (electronic bk.) |
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0812698193 (electronic bk.) |
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