chris matthew sciabarra (born february 17, 1960) is an american based political theorist based in brooklyn, new york. he is the author of three scholarly booksâmarx, hayek, and utopia; ayn rand: the russian radical; and total freedom: toward a dialectical libertarianismâas well as several shorter works. he is also the co-editor, with mimi reisel gladstein, of feminist interpretations of ayn rand. his work has focused on topics including objectivism, libertarianism (particularly the work of friedrich hayek and murray rothbard), and dialectics. ==life== sciabarra is a visiting scholar at new york university, where he earned his ba in history (with honors) in 1982; his ma in politics in 1983; and his phd in political philosophy, theory, and methodology in 1988, under the supervision of bertell ollman. in 1999 he became the co-founder and editor of the biannual journal of ayn rand studies and belongs to liberty and power, a group weblog at the history news network. he is the author of a trilogy of books on dialectics and libertarianism. the second of these, published in 1995, is ayn rand: the russian radical, which explores ayn rand's college influences and intellectual rootsâparticularly the role of rand's philosophy teacher, philosopher nicholas onufrievich losskyâand argued that rand's philosophical method was dialectical in nature. sciabarra is openly gay. he is of sicilian and greek ancestry. ==reviews of ayn rand: the russian radical== david brown writes: "much to my surprise the author of ayn rand: the russian radical, a comprehensive new study of rand's thought and its genesis in russian culture, has persuaded me that something called 'dialectics' is integral to ayn rand's philosophic approach and crucial to its success. russian radical is a different kind of look at ayn rand, a full-fledged 'hermeneutic' on the contours, development, and interpretation of her thought." according to lester h. hunt: "it is indicative of the interest of this book that i have so far engaged in an argument with it instead of saying how good i think it is on the whole. among other things, it is an excellent synthesis of t
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