”Money is The Root of All Good and the Barometer of a societys virtues”.
Det var Francisco d’Anconias ”moneyspeech” i boken Atlas Shrugged (på sv. ‘och världen skälvde’) som fångade Anne C. Hellers intresse så pass mycket för filosofen och författaren Ayn Rand att hon senare i livet bestämde sig för att skriva hennes biografi.
Boken finns nu ute sedan i slutet av oktober och heter ”Ayn Rand and the World She Made”.
Detta är också den första sakligt, objektiva berättelsen om Ayn Rands liv. Boken är alltså inte skriven av en av hennes ”lärljungar” eller någon partisk ”stor beundrare” av henne och hennes livsfilosofi Objektivismen.
I en intervju med amazon om vad som överraskade henne mest under researcharbetet av Ayn Rands liv, svarar Anne C. Heller:
I was surprised by many things–by how deeply her hostility to liberal social programs was rooted in her Russian childhood, by her remarkable insight into the psychology of envy and mediocrity, by her personal courage, and by her unfailing ability to spot a flaw in any opposing argument. I was also surprised to discover that many of her former followers, though personally damaged by her temper and her moral absolutism, remembered her as the most important and beneficent person in their lives. They had been wounded by her and yet loved her and were protective of her memory and legend.
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