That same year, political scientist Alan Wolfe dismissed Rand as a "nonperson" among academics, an attitude that writer Ben Murnane later described as "the traditional academic view" of Rand.
ðæt sˈeɪm jˈɪɹ, pəlˈɪɾɪkəl sˈaɪəntɪst ˈælən wˈʊlf dɪsmˈɪst ɹˈænd æz ˈeɪ "nˌɑːnpˈɜːsən" ɐmˌʌŋ ˌækədˈɛmɪks, ɐn ˈæɾɪtˌuːd ðæt ɹˈaɪɾɚ bˈɛn mˈɜːneɪn lˈeɪɾɚ dᵻskɹˈaɪbd æz "ðə tɹɐdˈɪʃənəl ˌækədˈɛmɪk vjˈuː" ʌv ɹˈænd.