See "Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right" by Jennifer Burns (historian sympatheti
c to Rand). Shows Rand's followers doctored her journals/w
ritings to make her look better (sounds like Palin's followers)
. Here's review on Amazon:
'The "Journals of Ayn Rand" comes in for especially heavy criticism. Chris Sciabarra raised concerns ten years ago about possible tampering with the texts of Ayn Rand's journals. He has been proven right, and with a vengeance. Burns reports that "On nearly every page of the published journals, an unacknowle
dged change has been made from Rand's original writing." She notes that in many cases, the editing "serves to signficant
ly alter Rand's meaning." She observes: "Even more alarming are the sentences and proper names present in Rand's originals that have vanished entirely without any ellipses or brackets to indicate a change."
Professor Burns concludes: "The 'Journals of Ayn Rand' are thus best understood as an interpreta
tion of Rand rather than her own writing. Scholars must use these materials with extreme caution. They serve as a useful introducti
on to Rand's developmen
t and a guide to the available archival material, but they should not be accepted at face value." She adds that "Similar problems plague 'Ayn Rand Answers' (2005), 'The Art of Fiction' (2000), 'The Art of Non-Fictio
n' (2001), and 'Objective
ly Speaking' (2009). These books are derived from archival materials but have been significan
tly rewritten.
" Coming from a scholar, a more damning indictment could hardly be imagined.'
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
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