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Ayn Rand Ou La Passion de l'Egoisme Rationnel: Une Biographie Intellectuelle (Penseurs de La Liberte) (French Edition) Paperback – September 22, 2011

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Arrivee aux Etats-Unis en 1926 apres avoir fui l'Union sovietique, Ayn Rand (1905-1982) a ete l'une des grandes figures de la vie publique americaine. D'abord scenariste a Hollywood puis auteure de pieces de theatre, elle publie deux immenses best-sellers, The Fountainhead (La Source Vive) en 1943 et Atlas Shrugged (La Greve) en 1957. Elle cree un mouvement intellectuel qui enthousiasme les campus universitaires, et pose les bases de la pensee libertarienne dans de multiples textes theoriques. Cette farouche anti-collectiviste doit sa notoriete et son influence a l'echo rencontre par l'optimiste philosophie pour vivre sur la terre qui irrigue ses recits de fiction: l'objectivisme. Lequel se caracterise par une iconoclaste rehabilitation morale du capitalisme, fondee sur la promotion de l'egoisme rationnel en vertu et l'exaltation de la souverainete de l'individu createur. Si la renommee de son oeuvre et de sa pensee s'est depuis longtemps diffusee au-dela des frontieres americaines, Ayn Rand demeure singulierement meconnue en France. Cette biographie intellectuelle fait decouvrir sa personnalite aussi fascinante que controversee, et soumet sa philosophie a un reexamen ou la sympathie n'etouffe pas les droits de l'esprit critique.
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  1. Print length
    240 pages
  2. Language
    French
  3. Publisher
    Les Belles Lettres
  4. Publication date
    September 22, 2011
  5. Dimensions
    5.31 x 0.79 x 8.27 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    2251399038
  7. ISBN-13
    978-2251399034
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"Une biographie bien tournée, indulgente mais justement critique"

"Alain Laurent lève le voile sur cet auteur étrange qui débarque en France un bon demi-siècle après avoir été publié aux États-Unis"

Une biographie met en lumière Ayn Rand, théoricienne américaine d'un « capitalisme du laisser-faire » ― L'Expansion - Octobre 2011

...on pourra se réjouir qu'Alain Laurent se soit donné la tâche de retracer, dans un livre riche et dense, l'itinéraire de ce personnage complexe, quasi mythique... ― Libération Published On: 2011-11-03

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Philosophe et essayiste, Alain Laurent, qui a notamment publié aux Belles Lettres La Philosophie libérale (2002 – ouvrage couronné par l'Académie française), Libéralisme américain. Histoire d'un détournement (2006 – prix du livre libéral) ainsi que, plus récemment La Société ouverte et ses nouveaux ennemis (2008), dirige les collections « Bibliothèque classique de la liberté » et « Penseurs de la liberté » aux Belles Lettres. Il coordonne en outre l’Anthologie des textes libéraux (Robert Laffont, « Bouquins », à paraître).

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Les Belles Lettres; 1st edition (September 22, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ French
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 2251399038
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-2251399034
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.31 x 0.79 x 8.27 inches
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5.0 out of 5 stars Tout est là
Reviewed in France on March 4, 2013
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Cette Biographie intellectuelle est un beau condensé de la pensée Randienne, avec ses faiblesses et ses quelques difficulté pratique mais qu'elle pensée pourrait être parfaite ?

La philosophie objectiviste réponds parfaitement au principe de Schumpeter en économie(Grappe technologique), Rand pose les bases et les personnes qui la suivent forme une grappe de réflexion apte à concilier pensée et réalité sans en dénaturer le noyau.

Cette biographie pourrait presque être un roman tant les péripéties de la jeune Alissa Zinovievna Rosenbaum sont nombreuses.

Le travail d'Alain Laurent est sérieux et je le remercie pour ce texte qui nous en apprends davantage sur une romancière qui marqua particulièrement son époque.
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Reviewed in France on November 30, 2017
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Livre extraordinaire par le grand spécialiste de Ayn Rand. Peut également être lu comme introduction à l'oeuvre de Rand. Je conseille vivement...
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