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The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies Submitted by Ptgymatic on Mon, 2008-07-28 13:52.
I've just seen The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies website. Read a few paragraphs from different articles. I can't tell if by Ayn Rand studies they mean chiefly biography, or if it addresses philosophy generally. Seems like it does more of the former, but is open to the latter. Anybody know about this publication? --Mindy
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Critical replies
Mindy,
Sure.
For instance, Steven Parrish and Patrick Toner published articles in the Spring 2007 issue, both of them critical of Rand and Peikoff's arguments against theism.
Adam Reed responded with a ringing critique of those articles, and Parrish and Toner made brief rejoinders (see the bottom of the cover for the current issue).
Robert Campbell
If you don't mind...
...discussing it here, does JARS print critical replies to its articles?
--Mindy
Latest issue of JARS
Mindy,
Here is the front cover of the current issue.
The articles in this issue are on political theory, economics, and philosophy. Art, literature, and the history of ideas have been strongly represented in others.
Discussions of Ayn Rand's life have made up a small minority of the articles, including, for instance, two on her college transcript from Leningrad.
Robert Campbell
PS. Mr. Cresswell hates the Journal of Ayn Rand Studies because he is a staunch follower of Lindsay Perigo. Mr. Perigo, who has read very little of JARS, had a personal falling out with its editor, Chris Sciabarra, and sought revenge by trying to ruin Dr. Sciabarra's reputation. None of that has a whole lot to do with the content of the journal, and none of it ought to deter you from giving JARS a read.
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The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies -- which I recommend highly -- deals with Rand's philosophy, literature and matters related to these topics.
There hasn't been much in JARS about Rand's life per se.
You may judge all you need
You may judge all you need to about the 'Journal of Ayn Rand Studies' by observing that the name of Robert Campbell appears on the masthead as "associate editor," and the name Fred Seddon occasionally appears as a contributor.
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Mindy,
This is what Chris Sciabarra has on his site about JARS:
" A nonpartisan journal devoted to the study of Ayn Rand and her times. The journal is not aligned with any advocacy group, institute, or person. It welcomes papers from every discipline and from a variety of interpretive and critical perspectives. It aims to foster scholarly dialogue through a respectful exchange of ideas. The journal is published semi-annually, in the fall and the spring."
Fred