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Two Ayn Rand Biographies Not Worth Your Time
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In this episode of New Ideal, Aaron Smith interviews Elan Journo to discuss his critical evaluation of two popular but deeply flawed biographies of Ayn Rand: Jennifer Burns’ Goddess of the Market and Anne C. Heller’s Ayn Rand and the World She Made. • Among the topics covered: • ● The standards of objectivity that the biographies fail to meet; • ● The authors’ disregard for how Rand thought of herself and her work; • ● Examples of the books’ lack of objectivity; • ● How the authors mishandled the biographies' sources; • ● Why ignoring Rand’s philosophy makes the books less interesting and intelligible. • Recommended in this podcast are Journo’s articles “‘Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right’ Is Worse than Incompetent” [https://newideal.aynrand.org/goddess-...] and “Postscript: ‘Ayn Rand and the World She Made’ Is an Exploitative, Tabloid Biography,” [https://newideal.aynrand.org/postcrip...] and Allan Gotthelf and Gregory Salmieri’s book A Companion to Ayn Rand [https://www.amazon.com/Companion-Rand...]. • The podcast was posted on October 23, 2024. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Watch archived podcasts here. • 0:00:00 Introduction • 0:00:24 Failing the standards of objectivity • 0:10:47 Disregard for Rand’s view of herself • 0:31:29 Mishandling the sources • 0:45:35 Ignoring Rand’s philosophy • • Subscribe to ARI’s YouTube channel to make sure you never miss a video: • https://www.youtube.com/subscription_... • Download or stream free courses on Ayn Rand’s works and ideas with the Ayn Rand University app: • – App Store https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ayn-r... • – Google Play https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... • ARI is funded by donor contributions. You can support our work by becoming an ARI Member or making a one-time contribution: https://ari.aynrand.org/donate • Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: https://newideal.aynrand.org/ • ****** • Keep in Touch! Sign up to receive email updates from ARI: https://aynrand.org/signup • Follow ARI on Twitter: / aynrandinst • Follow ARI on Facebook: / aynrandinstitute • Follow ARI on Instagram: / aynrandorg • Subscribe to the ARI Live! podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... • ****** • Join an upcoming virtual or in-person event: https://ari.aynrand.org/events/ • Visit ARI’s website for more about our content and programs: https://ari.aynrand.org/
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