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Chris Matthew Sciabarra (b. February 17, 1960) is scholar and writer living in Brooklyn, New York. The main topics in his books are Objectivism, Libertarianism, and dialectics particularly concerned with Ayn Rand, Friedrich Hayek, and Murray Rothbard. He is a Visiting Scholar at New York University where he also earned his PhD and undergraduate degrees—the former under the supervision of Bertell Ollman. In 1999 he became the co-founder and co-editor of the biannual The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies. February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... A map of New York City, highlighting Brooklyn. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area Ranked 27th - Total 54,520 sq. ... Objectivism is the philosophical system developed by Russian-American philosopher and writer Ayn Rand. ... Libertarianism is a political philosophy[1] advocating that individuals should be free to do whatever they wish with their person or property, as long as they do not infringe on the same liberty of others. ... Broadly speaking, a dialectic (Greek: διαλεκτική) is an exchange of propositions (theses) and counter-propositions (antitheses) resulting in a disagreement. ... Ayn Rand (IPA: , Ayn rhyming with fine; February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 â€“ March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinovevna Rosenbaum (Russian: ), was a Russian-American author and philosopher best known for developing the philosophy of Objectivism and for writing the novels We the Living, Anthem, The Fountainhead, and... Friedrich Hayek Friedrich August von Hayek (May 8, 1899 in Vienna â€“ March 23, 1992 in Freiburg) was an Austrian economist and political philosopher, noted for his defense of liberal democracy and free-market capitalism against socialist and collectivist thought in the mid-20th century. ... Murray Newton Rothbard Murray Newton Rothbard (March 2, 1926 â€“ January 7, 1995) was an American economist, historian and natural law theorist belonging to the Austrian School of Economics who helped define modern libertarianism and anarcho-capitalism. ... New York University (NYU) is a major research university in New York City. ... Bertell Ollman (b. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

He is the author of a trilogy of books on dialectics and libertarianism, including the 1995 Ayn Rand: The Russian Radical, which explores Ayn Rand's college influences and intellectual roots—particularly the possible influence of philosopher Nicholas Onufrievich Lossky. This book is the most scholarly book focused on Ayn Rand, distinguishing it from the other more popular and biographical books about her. It also argued the controversial claim that Rand's philosophical method was dialectical. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Philosophical method (or philosophical methodology) is the study of how to do philosophy. ...

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Dialectics & Liberty trilogy

2000. Total Freedom: Toward a Dialectical Libertarianism.
1995. Ayn Rand: The Russian Radical.
1995. Marx, Hayek, and Utopia.

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Edited works

With Mimi Reisel Gladstein, 1999. Feminist Interpretations of Ayn Rand.

1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Monographs

2003. Ayn Rand, Homosexuality, and Human Liberation.
1999. Ayn Rand: Her Life and Thought.

2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Dissertation

Toward a Radical Critique of Utopianism (1988)

1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Categories: Libertarians | Objectivism Scholars

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CHRIS MATTHEW SCIABARRA: THINKING FREEDOM IN CONTEXT (2101 words)
	Sciabarra observes that they brought dialectics to the consideration of Biblical texts and thus began the centuries-long journey toward the secularization of the human mind because they were brave enough to subject the scriptures to analysis, something that was disapproved of for centuries before.
	Sciabarra is convinced that libertarianism as a social theory is valuable and offers a valid perspective on the nature of the crisis in modern society and that voluntary social relations, with all their preconditions and effects, are morally and consequentially preferable to the status quo and to statism in all its varieties.
	Sciabarra's message is that libertarians need an effective strategy that recognizes the dynamic interrelationships between the personal, political, historical, psychological, ethical, cultural, economic, etc., if they are to be successful in their quest for a free society.

Sciabarra's Theory of Rand's Dialectics (1628 words)
	Sciabarra greets head-on the assertions by David Ross, David Kelley, and others that his term "dialectics" is too vague, too empty, or too encompassing to be a useful way to categorize or explain thinkers or bodies of thought.
	Sciabarra offers a new definition of "dialectics" (which is compatible with his use of the term in his book); it is "a methodological- research orientation whose distinguishing characteristic is an emphasis on contextuality - as applied to the systemic and dynamic relations within a totality (i.e., an organic unity)" (32).
	While Sciabarra continues to think tentatively that he was, he grants that this point is not overly important to his thesis: "Because Rand mentioned Lossky in her interviews with Barbara Branden, I focused on him as symbolic of the very dialectical orientation that was endemic to the entire Russian intellectual tradition" (28).

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Dialectics & Liberty trilogy

Edited works

Monographs

Dissertation

External links

Bibliography