I changed careers and philosophies after reading Atlas Shrugged. I read it when I was 28 years old. At that time I was asking questions such
I changed careers and philosophies after reading Atlas Shrugged. I read it when I was 28 years old. At that time I was asking questions such
Ayn Rand rejected the dichotomy between mind and body and correlate dichotomies such as theory vs. practice, the moral vs. the practical, reason vs. emotion, and love versus lust.
This program addresses Rand's conception of happiness as an end in itself, including differences in her formulations of that end...
This audio program addresses Rand's conception of happiness as an end in itself, including differences in her formulations of that end...
This program addresses Rand's conception of happiness as an end in itself, including differences in her formulations of that end...
The producers in Atlas Shrugged represent the culmination of Rand's artistic goal to portray the human ideal; and their conflict with looters and parasites is the fullest statement of what she saw as an eternal conflict in human life.
Atlas Shrugged is structured in three major parts, each of which consists of ten chapters. The parts and chapters are named, and the titles
In her writings on art, Ayn Rand put great emphasis on the value of structural unity in an artwork. Holding that an important purpose of ar
This selective listing includes the novel's more noteworthy characters.....
When Atlas Shrugged was published in October of 1957, it spoke to a world that was very different from ours, on the surface at least. Dwigh
One day in the 1940’s, a young reporter asked Ayn Rand about the new novel he heard that she was planning.
Scholars, students, and fans of Ayn Rand ’s masterwork, Atlas Shrugged , often find it difficult to grasp the complex details of its plot..
I sat in a corner on the sofa, thoroughly engrossed, turning the pages of Atlas Shrugged . Reading one of the most popular works of fiction
The exclusive world premiere of Atlas Shrugged Part I will be held on April 12, 2011 in Washington, D.C. Appropriately, the venue of the
Deep within every nonfiction writer lie the seeds of a budding novelist. At least, I know that’s true for me. I’ve dabbled continually in...
January/February 2006 -- Although Ayn Rand was born a century ago, and although she died a generation ago, her philosophy of Objectivism is
September 2007 -- The tradition of heroism runs as deep as any the West possesses. And that can be a problem for individualists—especially
A sweeping novel of ideas, Atlas depicts the frightening, near-future disintegration and collapse of civilization into chaos and anarchy...
Fall 2009 -- Those who have for some time followed the decades-long course of Ayn Rand’s growing cultural influence may recall a time when
Kevin Hill writes: “Given Nietzsche’s elusiveness and suggestiveness, I think that trying to understand Nietzsche in terms of a list of