About this title: A controversial work by a disciple of the philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand. Peikoff maintains that Americans have been seduced by collectivist ideas concerning politics and culture, and that American society in consequence is heading towards a future society that will resemble Nazi Germany in its glorification of the group over the individual.
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Stein & Day, New York
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780812828504ISBN:081282850X
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. CV5-A first edition hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has wrinkling, chipping, crease, and few tiny tears on the edges and corners, lightly wrinkled, tanning and light shelf wear. Book lightly bowed, some lightly bumped corners, some stains, light discoloration and shelf wear. Introduction by Ayn Rand. The End of Freedom in America. 9.5"x6.5", 383 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Stein & Day, New York
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780812828504ISBN:081282850X
Description: Good in Good jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Dj is bumped and slightly scuffed. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Stein & Day Pub, New York
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780812828504ISBN:081282850X
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Used. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Crisp/clean/tight, from our personal Ayn Rand library. Black price dot covers price on flap. Intro by Ayn Rand. read more
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Stein & Day Pub, New York
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780812828504ISBN:081282850X
Description: 081282850X. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. read more
Description: Good. , Used-Good. Sound Copy. Mild Reading Wear. No Dust JacketBooks uploaded via isbn and stock photos may be different than actual book. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Stein & Day
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780812828504ISBN:081282850X
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Fine (slight discoloration title page) in near fine+ jacket. 1st book by Ayn Rand's Objectivist disciple, with an Introduction by Ayn Rand. 1st edition. read more
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 081282850X. Stein & Day; First Edition; 1982; Bright clean cover, trace of shelf rubbing at head of spine. Crisp, unmarked interior. Jacket has faint yellowing, light rubbing top edge.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 383 p. read more
Edition: FIRST EDITION
Binding: HARDCOVER
Publisher: STEIN AND DAY, NEW YORK
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780812828504ISBN:081282850X
Description: VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD., DJ IN MYLAR. OCTAVO, 383 PAGES, FIRST PUBLISHED (EDITION) STATED ON COPYRIGHT PAGE. WHITE DUST JACKET SHOWS MILD TONING, MILDLY CRINKLED AT SPINE HEAD. BOOK SHOWS SLIGHT CONCAVITY AT THE HINGES AT TOP OF SPINE. OTHERWISE THE BOOK IS TIGHT AND LOOKS UNREAD. read more
"Peikoff's thesis -- explaining the similarities between the current American political landscape to that of Germany's before Hitler came into power -- is strong. He gives compelling examples of cause and effect, and how philosophy plays a major role in shaping a nation. His writing, however, is sometimes muddy and hard to follow, and his conclusion that Ayn Rand's Objectivism is the way to "save" a country from the threat of Fascism is far-fetched and biased (he is her "intellectual heir"). Otherwise, a great read."
"I'd give this book a million stars if I could! Phenomenal. Peikoff did a great job showing how the German people were able to be so accepting of Nazism- what philosophies, ideologies, religions, etc made it possible for the horrible totalitarian take-over. Well thought-out explanations were given as to how a country's philosophical/ideological base is the seed from which EVERYHING else stems. If the philosophers and intellectuals of a country/culture endorse and spread chaotic, disembodied, irrational ideas, then it's only a matter of course that a human embodiment of those ideas will emerge (Hitler). He also compared modern America with pre-Nazi Germany, saying that we're moving closer towards a similar decline in rational thought, towards irrational, mystic subjectivism (anti- individual, anti-reason, etc)...which is the path Germany was on when the Nazis took over. A few key quotes which I feel really capture the cause of the uprise:
** "Reason does not permit man to feel metaphysically helpless; egoism does not permit him to accept unearned guilt or to regard himself as a sacrificial animal. But a man indoctrinated with the notion that reason is impotent and self-sacrifice is his moral duty, will obey anyone and anything."
** " The intellectuals are ignorant of philosophy's role in history- because of philosophy. Having been taught by philosophers for generations that reason is impotent to guide action, they regard the mind and its conclusions as irrelevant to life."
** " A dictator is not a self-confident person. He preys on weakness, uncertainty, fear. He has no chance among men of self-esteem. But in the age of self-doubt, he rises to the top.""
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