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The 75th anniversary of Ayn Rand's powerful and passionate first
novel.
In this tensely dramatic story, Ayn Rand shows what the theories
of Communism mean in practice.
"We the Living" is not a story of politics, but of the men and
women who have to struggle for existence behind the Red banners and
slogans. It is a picture of what dictatorship-of any kind-does to
human beings. What happens to the defiant ones? What happens to
those who succumb? Who are the winners in this conflict?
Against a vivid panorama of political revolution and personal
revolt, Ayn Rand offers an answer that challenges the modern
conscience.
When The Fountainhead was first published, Ayn Rand's daringly
original literary vision and her groundbreaking philosophy,
Objectivism, won immediate worldwide interest and acclaim. This
instant classic is the story of an intransigent young architect,
his violent battle against conventional standards, and his
explosive love affair with a beautiful woman who struggles to
defeat him. This edition contains a special Afterword by Rand's
literary executor, Leonard Peikoff which includes excerpts from Ayn
Rand's own notes on the making of The Fountainhead. As fresh today
as it was then, here is a novel about a hero--and about those who
try to destroy him.
"We the Living" depicts the struggle of the individual against the
state, and the impact of the Russian Revolution on three human
beings who demand the right to live their own lives and pursue
their own happiness. This classic novel is not a story of politics,
but of the men and women who fight for existence within a
totalitarian state.
This collection of essays was the last work planned by Ayn Rand before her death in 1982. In it, she summarizes her view of philosophy and deals with a broad spectrum of topics. According to Ayn Rand, the choice we make is not whether to have a philosophy, but which one to have: rational, conscious, and therefore practical; or contradictory, unidentified, and ultimately lethal. Written with all the clarity and eloquence that have placed Ayn Rand's Objectivist philosophy in the mainstream of American thought, these essays range over such basic issues as education, morality, censorship, and inflation to prove that philosophy is the fundamental force in all our lives.
"A truly revolutionary idea.... Clear, tight, disciplined,
beautifully structured, and brilliantly reasoned." --Ayn Rand
Self-sacrifice, Oriental mysticism, racial "truth," the public
good, doing one's duty--these are among the seductive catchphrases
that circulated in pre-Nazi Germany. Objectivist author and
philosopher Leonard Peikoff was Ayn Rand's long-time associate. In
"The Cause of Hitler's Germany--"previously published in "The
Ominous Parallels--"Peikoff demonstrates how unreason and
collectivism led the seemingly civilized German society to become a
Nazi regime.
Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism is increasingly influencing
the shape of the world from business and politics to achieving
personal goals. Here, Leonard Peikoff--Rand's heir--explains how
you can communicate philosophical ideas with conviction, logic,
and, most of all, reason.
Based on a series of lectures presented by Peikoff, "Objective
Communication" shows how to apply Objectivist principles to the
problem of achieving clarity both in thought and in communication.
Peikoff teaches readers how to write, speak, and argue on the
subject of philosophical ideas--ideas pertaining to profoundly
important issues ranging from the question of the existence of God
to the nature and proper limits of government power.
Including enlightening discussions of a wide range of Objectivist
topics--such as the primacy of consciousness, the pitfalls of
rationalistic thinking, and the true meaning of the word
"altruism," as well as in-depth analysis of some of Ayn Rand's own
writings--Peikoff's "Objective Communication "is essential reading
for anyone interested in Ayn Rand's philosophy.
Ayn Rand chose Leonard Peikoff to be her successor as the spokesman
for Objectivism. And in this brilliantly reasoned,
thought-provoking work we learn why, as he demonstrates how far
America has been detoured from its original path and led down the
same road that Germany followed to Nazism. Self-sacrifice, Oriental
mysticism, racial "truth," the public good, doing one's duty--these
are among the seductive catch-phrases that Leonard Peikoff
dissects, examining the kind of philosophy they symbolize, the type
of thinking that lured Germany to its doom and that he says is now
prevalent in the United States. Here is a frightening look at where
America may be heading, a clarion call for all who are concerned
about preserving our right to individual freedom.
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 faculty. She offers a startlingly original solution to the problem that brought about the collapse of modern philosophy: the problem of universals. This brilliantly argued, superbly written work, together with an essay by philosophy professor Leonard Peikoff, is vital reading for all those who seek to discover that human beings can and should live by the guidance of reason.
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The Journals of Ayn Rand (Paperback)
Ayn Rand; Edited by David Harriman; Foreword by Leonard Peikoff
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Rarely has a writer and thinker of the stature of Ayn Rand afforded us access to her most intimate thoughts and feelings. From Journals of Ayn Rand, we gain an invaluable new understanding and appreciation of the woman, the artist, and the philosopher, and of the enduring legacy she has left us. Rand comes vibrantly to life as an untried screenwriter in Hollywood, creating stories that reflect her youthful vision of the world. We see her painful memories of communist Russia and her struggles to convey them in We the Living. Most fascinating is the intricate, step-by-step process through which she created the plots and characters of her two masterworks, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and the years of painstaking research that imbued the novels with their powerful authenticity. Complete with reflections on her legendary screenplay concerning the making of the atomic bomb and tantalizing descriptions of projects cut short by her death, Journals of Ayn Rand illuminates the mind and heart of an extraordinary woman as no biography or memoir ever could. On these vivid pages, Ayn Rand lives.
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