Rand's 1200-page novel is a hymn of praise to the concept of rugged individualism, personified in John Galt. This polemic for Rand's philosophy of "rational self-interest" has been a steady seller since it was published in 1957.
Who is John Galt? This famous rhetorical question rings through Ayn Rand's best-selling novel as the people's anthem of despair in depressed economic times. Set in the future, the novel follows capitalist magnates as they battle looters, strikers, and the impending ruin of the United States' economy. The romantic and intellectual relationship ...
The fundamentals of the author's philosophy, namely Objectivism, are set out in three of her other books: "For the New Intellectual", "The Virtue of Selfishness" and "Capitalism: the Unknown Ideal".
Today man's mind is under attack by all the leading schools of philosophy. We are told that we cannot trust our senses, that logic is arbitrary, that concepts have no basis in reality. Ayn Rand opposes that torrent of nihilism, and she provides the alternative in this eloquent presentation of the essential nature - and power - of man's conceptual ...
The definitive statement of Ayn Rand's philosophy, written by the preeminent Rand exponent and scholar. Illustrated with excerpts from her published works, complete with an abundance of new material that Rand communicated only in private conversation with Peikoff, this book illuminates Objectivism--and its creator--with brilliant clarity.
Both admirers of Ayn Rand's writing, the author and his wife joined the Collective, a circle of intellectuals that included Rand and her husband. Then, despite a 25-year age difference and the fact that they were both married, Nathaniel and Ayn embarked on a passionate affair Atlas Shrugged and the creation of the Nathaniel Branden Institute. ...
A prolific writer, bestselling novelist, and world-renowned philosopher, Ayn Rand defined a full system of thought--from epistemology to aesthetics. Her writing is so extensive and the range of issues she covers so enormous that those interested in finding her discussions of a given topic may have to search through many sources to locate the ...
The letters of the objective philosopher and novelist, which provide enlightening information about her work, concise summaries of her thinking, and insight into how she felt about the people and the politics around her.
A selection of writings from the private journals of novelist, screenwriter, and philosopher Ayn Rand, edited by a professor of philosophy at the Claremont Graduate School.
The welfare state rests on the assumption that people have rights to food, shelter, health care, retirement income, and other goods provided by the government. David Kelley examines the historical origins of that assumption, and the rationale used to support it today.
A biography of one of this century's most controversial writers, by the wife of Rand's lover and disciple Nathaniel Branden. According to an article by Claudia Roth Pierpont in the July 24, 1995 issues of "The New Yorker," "Barbara was quiet and serious, and was physically 'of the Dominique [from "The Fountainhead"] style,' Rand noted; though she ...
"The Ideas of Ayn Rand" tells of Ayn Rand (1905-1982), who is best-known for her blockbuster novels, "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged". In the 1960s her "Objectivist" ideas, featuring laissez-faire capitalism, atheism, "the virtue of selfishness", and aesthetic romanticism, were promoted in an organized movement, which split apart following ...
This work, based on materials from the Leningrad archives, interviews with Russian contemporaries of Rand and a diversity of sources within the written and oral tradition of objectivism, provides an analysis of the intellectual roots and philosophy of Ayn Rand.
Previous Praise for Nathaniel Branden"Relentlessly revealing...the myth of Ayn Rand gives way to a full-sized portrait in contrasting colors, appealing and appalling, potent and paradoxical...it takes a special kind of nerve to write such a book." - Norman Cousins, author of Head First and The Healing HeartAyn Rand's Atlas Shrugged is one of the ...
Rand's life unfolds in images, dialogue, and music in this "loving--but not fawning--documentary look at this fascinating figure of the 20th-century intellectual life" ("The Washington Post"). 32 color photos. 125 halftones.
This brief text assists students in understanding Ayn Rand's philosophy and thinking so that they can more fully engage in useful, intelligent class dialogue and improve their understanding of course content. Part of the "Wadsworth Philosophers Series," (which will eventually consist of approximately 100 titles, each focusing on a single "thinker" ...
A guide to the life and works of Ayn Rand, this book chronicles and summarizes her writings, presents information about her national and global impact - and the response to it - and provides a comprehensive bibliography. It is written by a scholar who is not part of either the Ayn Rand establishment or the Ayn Rand detractor camp. It builds on the ...
An insightful look at the fiction and philosophy of Ayn Rand, one of the twentieth century's literary icons, written by a Harvard graduate who once admired her thought but ultimately found it spiritually inadequate and unsatisfying. An outstanding work of literary criticism as well as a formidable apologetic defending Christianity against one of ...
Recently, political theorists, philosophers, and theologians have given considerable attention to the role of narrative both in the formation and maintenance of political communities and in moral reasoning. Speech and Political Practice examines a central question for narrative-based theories of community and ethics: How can we tell a good story ...
Recently, political theorists, philosophers, and theologians have given considerable attention to the role of narrative both in the formation and maintenance of political communities and in moral reasoning. Speech and Political Practice examines a central question for narrative-based theories of community and ethics: How can we tell a good story ...
An introduction to the Objectivist movement, its core ideas, its central fissures, and the troubled legacy of Ayn Rand. Philosopher David Kelley analyzes the conflicts that led him to break ranks with orthodox Objectivism and create an independent branch of the movement.
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