Sites that take issue with all or most of Objectivism.
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A critical review of the Ayn Rand Institute.
A current blog by Greg Nyquist presenting a contrarian critique of elements of Objectivism and the writings of Ayn Rand.
David D. Friedman attempts to disprove Rand's derivation of morality from reality, or "ought" from "is."
A parody of Ayn-Rand-Thought from Andrej Bauer, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana... "the only Objectivist in Slovenia."
Whittaker Chambers's review of Atlas Shrugged, published in the National Review 1957. Website maintained by his grandson.
Attempt to convert Rand to "free market anarchism."
A response to Rand's essay.
[This was written for the Ayn Rand Institute's essay contest for graduate students, 1995. --mh]
A rationalist refutation of some Objectivist axioms.
Episode 7: Agoric Cafe. YouTube- 1:30:40 "Roderick teaches philosophy at Auburn University and heads up the Molinari Institute, a small left-wing market anarchist think tank."
Ph.D. dissertation, link to PDF (308 pp.) from Abstract: "This study examines Ayn Rand's fiction in relation to twentieth century literature and culture. Despite its linguistic potential, "The Fountainhead" is not good art and does not represent romantic fiction as Rand claims. It is truly her own reactionary prose which rebels against literary movements she hated such as naturalism. Rand's philosophy of Objectivism is really a right-wing form of Existentialism and Marxism.... Rand's capitalists are rebels with the American idea, that, in pursuit of their excessive selfish desires-- the sky's the limit. Randian heroes—anti-heroes of productive work, have continually re-emerged in American popular culture. Rand's fiction is popular because it's entertaining trash that Americans love...."
Confero: Essays on Education, Philosophy and Politics , 8(1), 2021-12-20, 51-76. [in lieu of Abstract] " In this essay, I... read the two most well-known fictional works by Rand through an educational lens, which allows me to discuss the main values that come to the fore in Objectivists’ understanding of teaching and schooling. My reading strategy is inspired by a deconstructivist approach to “close reading”... This deconstructivist reading draws on an established methodology in literary studies... By close reading two scenes, I wish to contribute to the philosophical debate on Rand’s ideas about teaching and schooling and her system of thought in general; my argument works towards the conclusion that the anti-educational stance revealed in these fragments is not only problematic for the consistency of Rand’s thinking, but for the philosophy of Objectivism as a whole."
Ph.D. dissertation, link to PDF (308 pp.) from Abstract: "This study examines Ayn Rand's fiction in relation to twentieth century literature and culture. Despite its linguistic potential, "The Fountainhead" is not good art and does not represent romantic fiction as Rand claims. It is truly her own reactionary prose which rebels against literary movements she hated such as naturalism. Rand's philosophy of Objectivism is really a right-wing form of Existentialism and Marxism.... Rand's capitalists are rebels with the American idea, that, in pursuit of their excessive selfish desires-- the sky's the limit. Randian heroes—anti-heroes of productive work, have continually re-emerged in American popular culture. Rand's fiction is popular because it's entertaining trash that Americans love...."
Confero: Essays on Education, Philosophy and Politics , 8(1), 2021-12-20, 51-76. [in lieu of Abstract] " In this essay, I... read the two most well-known fictional works by Rand through an educational lens, which allows me to discuss the main values that come to the fore in Objectivists’ understanding of teaching and schooling. My reading strategy is inspired by a deconstructivist approach to “close reading”... This deconstructivist reading draws on an established methodology in literary studies... By close reading two scenes, I wish to contribute to the philosophical debate on Rand’s ideas about teaching and schooling and her system of thought in general; my argument works towards the conclusion that the anti-educational stance revealed in these fragments is not only problematic for the consistency of Rand’s thinking, but for the philosophy of Objectivism as a whole."
Episode 7: Agoric Cafe. YouTube- 1:30:40 "Roderick teaches philosophy at Auburn University and heads up the Molinari Institute, a small left-wing market anarchist think tank."
A rationalist refutation of some Objectivist axioms.
Whittaker Chambers's review of Atlas Shrugged, published in the National Review 1957. Website maintained by his grandson.
A response to Rand's essay.
[This was written for the Ayn Rand Institute's essay contest for graduate students, 1995. --mh]
A parody of Ayn-Rand-Thought from Andrej Bauer, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana... "the only Objectivist in Slovenia."
Attempt to convert Rand to "free market anarchism."
A current blog by Greg Nyquist presenting a contrarian critique of elements of Objectivism and the writings of Ayn Rand.
A critical review of the Ayn Rand Institute.
David D. Friedman attempts to disprove Rand's derivation of morality from reality, or "ought" from "is."
