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The Passion of Ayn Rand's Critics

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Summary

Full Title: The Passion of Ayn Rand's Critics Author(s): James S. Valliant Year Published: 2005 Publisher: Durban House Publication Type: Commercial ISBN-10: 1-930754-67-1 (hardcover) ISBN-13: Description: Valliant dissects the accounts of Rand's life provided by Barbara and Nathaniel Branden, and finds them to be filled with errors and contradictions. He also presents previously unpublished material from Rand's private journals, discussing her relationship with Nathaniel Branden.

Contents

• Introduction
• Part One: Biography and Myth
  1. Less Than Zero
  2. Rand and Non-Rand, at the Same Time and in the Same Respect
  3. Mullah Rand?
  4. The Exploiters and the Exploited
  5. Something Between Them He Didn't Understand
  6. School or Cult?
• Part Two: Documenting the Rape of Innocence

Related Links

• Interview with the author, in which he discusses the book
• Newpaper profile of the author that discusses the book
• Homepage of Barbara Branden
• Homepage of Nathaniel Branden
• Wikipedia article about James S. Valliant
• Wikipedia article about Nathaniel Branden
• Wikipedia article about Barbara Branden

Reviews, Criticism and Analysis

The following perspectives on this book are available online:

• Review by David M. Brown for the International Society for Individual Liberty
• Review by Edward Cline at the Rule of Reason blog
• Review by Peter Cresswell (with follow-up discussion) at the Solo website
• Commentary by Casey Fahy on the reaction to the book, in The Free Radical
• Review by Dennis Hardin (with follow-up discussion) at Solo
• Review by Cass Hewitt for The Autonomist
• Review by Diana Hsieh on her blog
• Review by Wendy McElroy at LewRockwell.com
• Blog posts by Neil Parille
• Review by Lindsay Perigo (with follow-up discussion) at Solo
• Review by Chris Matthew Sciabarra at his website, with follow-up discussion (including a response from Valliant)
• Critique by Fred Seddon (with follow-up discussion) at Solo
• Database of criticisms from Jordan Zimmerman
• Blog posts by various authors at the Ayn Rand Contra Human Nature blog

There has been a large amount of discussion about this book in online forums. This post contains pointers to many such discussions.

Additional keywords: Ann Rand, Anne Rand, Ayn Rad, Ayn Ran, Any Rand, Barbara Brandon, Barbarra Branden, Nathaniel Brandon, Judgement Day

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