Ayn Rand's Idealism Explains Her Enduring Success
Posted by thecollective 11 years, 8 months ago to Culture
Good article about the enduring success of Rand's body of work in both fiction and philosophy. Nothing earth shaking for us here, but nice to see her in the media.
http://www.americanbookpublishingblog.co...
It meant a lot to me personally for all the reasons that Atlas Shrugged is still selling well. There is a timeless quality to Rand, that means the work is not just a flash in the pan, but has legs that will step into the future.
Ron Johnson, the U.S. senator from Wisconsin, who said he isn't sure "there are too many differences" between Rand's ideas and his own.
Rand, he said, showed him that "we're all suffering collectively from Stockholm Syndrome. That's where people who have been kidnapped are grateful to their captors when they just show them a little bit of mercy. And collectively, we just don't understand the freedom we're really losing."