Major sections: Life - Rand's Ethical Theory: The Virtue of Selfishness - Reason and Ethics - Conflicts of Interest - Rand's Influence - References and Further Reading
Ayn Rand (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum, 2 February [20 January O.S.] 1905 – 6 March 1982) was a Russian-American writer and philosopher. She is known for her two best-selling novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and for developing a philosophical system she named Objectivism. Educated in Russia, she moved to the United States in 1926. She had a play produced on Broadway in 1935 and 1936. After two early novels that were initially unsuccessful, she achieved fame with her 1943 novel, The Fountainhead. In 1957, Rand published her best-known work, the novel Atlas Shrugged. Afterward, she turned to non-fiction to promote her philosophy, publishing her own periodicals and releasing several collections of essays until her death in 1982.
Notable Individuals
- Objectivist, The - Newsletter created by Ayn Rand (as The Objectivist Newsletter) in 1962 and edited by herself and Nathaniel Branden (until 1968)
Reference
Major sections: Life - Rand's Ethical Theory: The Virtue of Selfishness - Reason and Ethics - Conflicts of Interest - Rand's Influence - References and Further Reading
Major sections: Introduction - Ethics - Social-Political Philosophy - Aesthetics - Bibliography; last substantive revision 19 Sep 2016
Biographical and bibliographical essay, also examining Rand's relationships with several leading thinkers
Died
Biography
Ayn Rand Institute
Full Context
Awards Received
For Atlas Shrugged
For Anthem
Associations
Related Films
Websites
Includes three biographical segments (1905-1926, 1926-1951 and 1951-1982) with photos, text of selected articles and links to other Rand-related sites
Web Pages
Biography (from Laissez Faire Books), picture and quotes
Includes short introductory profile, photograph, quotes from some of Rand's books and links to other resources about her
Short biographical and bibliographical profile, followed by "Clint Bolick's Favorite Titles" (commentary on his five favorite books)
Lengthy selection of songs and other musical pieces together with short explanations of their relation to Ayn Rand and recordings (in RealAudio format), plus pictures of various New York City buildings (Rand admired the city's skyline)
Video Products
Showtime Entertainment movie based on Barbara Branden's book.
Articles
"Eclectic, irreverent" list of individuals "who have made the world a freer, better, and more libertarian place by example, invention, or action", as chosen by Reason editors (includes the unknown martyr of Tiananmen Square and "The Yuppie")
Memorial essay, including some personal recollections, with emphasis on Branden's work on self-esteem and self-responsibility, and a preamble on the quoted phrase in the United States Declaration of Independence
Explains how Ayn Ran's Atlas Shrugged properly depicted some businessmen as privilege seekers, but some of her non-fiction was mistaken about big business being a "persecuted minority"
One of the "Three Women Who Launched a Movement" articles, celebrating during Women's History Month the 60th anniversary of the publication of The Fountainhead (as well as Rose Wilder Lane and Isabel Paterson books published in the same year)
Review of Machan's Ayn Rand
- An overview of Rand's work and development.
- The paradox of Rand's iconoclasm: deeply at odds with many modern intellectual trends, her thought is also deeply in accord with 'common sense.'
- A is A, defended! In a riveting chapter, Machan explains Rand's often-derided concern with axioms, delving into her Aristotelian heritage. He shows how her approach to philosophy is potently shaped by allegiance to the 'primacy of existence.' TDO's brief preview of this chapter only hints at the many riches here. Superb. ...
Discusses the influence of Ayn Rand, after the publication of her two main novels, during the 1960s through the 1980s and to this day, with sales of about half a million of her books per year
Biographical profile published by The Daily Objectivist; excerpted from a review of Barbara Branden's The Passion of Ayn Rand
Examines Rand's appreciative view of Aristotle based on his epistemological theories yet she seems to have disregarded his comments on slavery, racism and coercive government laws
Biographical essay
Biographical profile published by The Daily Objectivist; short bibliographical essay
Examines the issues of "cronyism" or "pull-peddling", suggesting—as Ayn Rand did—that the solution is "to limit government strictly to protecting rights and nothing more"
Discusses libertarianism, contrasting it with both conservatism and modern liberalism, including specific policy differences
In addition to discussing Defending the Undefendable, covers issues such as entertainment, Ayn Rand, Hazlitt, the Libertarian Party and Murray Rothbard
Ayn Rand was very important to me. Without her, I might not have been converted to libertarianism. Her book Atlas Shrugged sold millions of copies and it was a great inspirational novel ... I first met her when I was a senior in Brooklyn College in 1963, when I was 22 years old. I was a socialist then. Her follower Nathaniel Branden changed my mind on these issues by recommending two books (Hazlitt's Economics in One Lesson and Rand's Atlas Shrugged) plus talking about them.
Written ten years after publication of the first two of Sciabarra's "Dialectic and Liberty" trilogy, discusses Hayek's and Rand's dialectical analysis approaches and suggests that such context-keeping analysis is important in radical libertarian theory
Discusses the continued currency of Rand's 1960-1970s writings, citing as examples "Faith and Force: The Destroyers of the Modern World", "Racism", "The Age of Envy" and "The Anti-Industrial Revolution"
Part of "Ayn Rand and Objectivism: An Introduction"; summarizes the key concepts of objectivist epistemology, contrasting them with other philosophical views
Biographical account highlighting Paterson's influence on Ayn Rand
Discusses Securities and Exchange Commission v. Mark Cuban (17 Nov 2008) insider trading case, concerning the latter's sale in June 2004 of shares in Mamma.com
"Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against — then you'll know that this is not the age for beautiful gestures. We're after power and we mean it. You fellows were pikers, but we know the real trick, and you'd better get wise to it. There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them ..."
Short biographical essay highlighting Rand's two major works
Biographical essay, highlighting Mencken's tenure at the Baltimore Sun, the books he authored, the founding and his work at the American Mercury monthly and his brief relationship with Sara Haardt
Chafuen recalls his grandparents and parents, his youth in Argentina, and the people in Argentina and the United States who influenced him; reprinted as chapter 15 of Walter Block's I Chose Liberty (2010)
Autobiographical essay describing Sciabarra's influences on his road towards libertarianism, primarily Ayn Rand and Murray Rothbard
Autobiographical essay highlighting the people and events who influenced Ebeling in his path to libertarianism and Austrian economics
Reflections on the fifth anniversary of publishing Liberty
Examines "thin" and "thick" libertarianism, explaining how being noncomittal about racism undermines the principle of non-initiation of force, contrasting libertarian and progressive views on dealing with racism
Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism. It is the notion of ascribing moral, social or political significance to a man's genetic lineage—the notion that a man's intellectual and characterological traits are produced and transmitted by his internal body chemistry. Which means, in practice, that a man is to be judged, not by his own character and actions, but by the characters and actions of a collective of ancestors.
Considers how cyberspace promises of privacy and anonymity may lead to new monetary institutions and "a practical realization of laissez-faire capitalism" as advocated by Ayn Rand
Topics discussed range from her move from Los Angeles to Winnipeg and then to New Mexico, how she stopped smoking and the Showtime movie made from her book, including her impressions of Helen Mirren as Ayn Rand and Peter Fonda as Frank O'Connor
Part of Cato's "Three Women Who Launched a Movement", celebrating during Women's History Month the sixtieth anniversary of the publication of The God of the Machine (as well as Rose Wilder Lane and Ayn Rand books published in the same year)
Review of the book Isabel Paterson and the Idea of America: The Woman and the Dynamo (2004) by University of California, San Diego professor of literature Stephen Cox
Review of Stephen D. Cox's The Woman and the Dynamo: Isabel Paterson and the Idea of America
Biographical essay, including a review of Taylor's book Reclaiming the Mainstream: Individualist Feminism Rediscovered; transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcasts of 28 Dec 2010 and 12 Jan 2011
Biographical profile published by The Daily Objectivist; highlights of Hospers' "Memories of Ayn Rand", followed by two excerpts from his Full Context interview
Review of Brian Doherty's Radicals for Capitalism (2007) concluding with remarks about a Cato Unbound debate on the book
Examines Rothbard's views in a 1987 article about freedom and religion, in particular regarding Ayn Rand's atheistic influences on early modern libertarianism
Part of Walter Block's autobiography series; reprinted in Walter Block's I Chose Liberty (2010), chapter 66
Recounts Shaffer's introduction to objectivism and provides critical analysis of the philosophy's shortcomings, highlighting Objectivists support of the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars and the "war on terror" and disregard of innocent casualties
Part of Walter Block's autobiography series; starts off with his grandparents, early life in Iowa, skepticism, astronomy, teaching at Columbia University and University of Minnesota, interacting with Ayn Rand, the 1972 LP nomination and parting thoughts
Full title: The life and times of Murray N. Rothbard, who showed why private individuals can do just about everything that needs to be done
Lengthy biographical essay
Lengthy biographical essay on Mises, including details on Menger and Böhm-Bawerk; alternate version of "Planned Chaos" chapter of The Triumph of Liberty (2000)
Part of "Ayn Rand and Objectivism: An Introduction"; summarizes the key concepts of objectivist metaphysics
Review of The Incredibles, including commentary from other media and some of its Objectivist influences
Lengthy autobiographical essay, describing among other things, how he took an interest in antitrust policy and wrote several books and articles on the subject, and his disappointment when attempting to stop Connecticut from imposing a state income tax
Biographical and bibliographical essay
Published by the Society for Rational Individualism (later merged into the Society for Individual Liberty); responds to five of Rand's arguments in her essay "The Nature of Government"
First of six excerpts, previously published in Atheism, Ayn Rand, and Other Heresies (1991); an even earlier version appeared in Invictus in 1972
Autobiographical, recounts how Block met Ayn Rand and later Murray Rothbard and how he progressed from libertarian minarchism to anarcho-capitalism; reprinted in Block's I Chose Liberty (2010), chapter 9
Historical account of the Persuasion magazine, edited by Joan Kennedy Taylor between Sept 1964 and May 1968
Childs' selection of "great books" on liberty and libertarianism, including works by Hazlitt, Bastiat, Rose Wilder Lane, Nock, Ayn Rand, Friedman, Hayek, Rothbard, Mises and Nozick
"Rethinking feminism", an interview with Wendy McElroy in Italian; topics include differences between individualist and traditional feminism, the market vs. the state, gender feminism in the North America and quotas and affirmative action
Part of Cato's "Three Women Who Launched a Movement", celebrating during Women's History Month the sixtieth anniversary of the publication of The Discovery of Freedom (as well as Isabel Paterson and Ayn Rand books published in the same year)
Triple biographical essay on the women who in 1943 published The Discovery of Freedom, The God of the Machine and The Fountainhead
Biographical essay; transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcast of 12 Jan 2011
Review of Szasz' book Faith in Freedom: Libertarian Principles and Psychiatric Practices, highlighting his criticisms of J.S. Mill, Mises, Hayek, Rothbard and Nozick
Discusses Republican proposals for a 10% cut in income-tax rates, countering arguments made by opponents
Biographical essay; including background information on the libertarian movement of the 20th century; transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcast of 23 June 2010
Essay answering the title question
Delves into the meaning and justification for the non-aggression principle, with insights from Roderick Long's "Reason and Value: Aristotle versus Rand"
Biographical and bibliographical essay, including both his novels and non-fiction writing
Updated from speech given at FreedomFest 2004; after a brief background on himself, Mackey criticizes the freedom movement from a marketing and branding perspective and suggests a different approach by de-emphasizing some issues and prioritizing others
Writings
Francisco d'Anconia's speech responding to the claim that "money is the root of all evil"; from part 2, chapter II, "The Aristocracy of Pull", pp. 387-391
Reviews
Critical and (self-admittedly) "unfair review" of Brian Doherty's Radicals for Capitalism (2007)
Interviews
Topics discussed include: the new Congress, flat taxes, the withholding tax, the people who influenced him, what led him to write about policy issues, libertarianism and how his political views have changed over the years
Reason: ... You say you never met Rand ...
Friedman: ... I think she was a fascinating woman and had a great influence. As I always have said, she had an extremely good influence on all those who did not become Randians. But if they became Randians, they were hopeless.
Asks Block about his hobbies, greatest inspiration, the impact of his work and more
... [M]ost often, I play this solitary card game as an aid to writing: when the "flow" just isn't there ... Ayn Rand, I think, did this sort of thing when she had writer's block. Hey, I've known [her] ... but, if she can play solitaire, I can do it too ...
What is your favorite literary work?
My favorite literary work is Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. The first time I read it, I was 22 years old. I literally couldn't put it down, it so floored me. I hardly slept the entire weekend it took me to read this book. Ever since then, I have reread Atlas every ten years or so ...
Presented by C-SPAN American Writers II program on 15 May 2002; original interview was part of the "Understanding Our World" series produced by the University of Michigan
Topics discussed include: Ayn Rand as a dialectical thinker, dialectics (context-keeping), Murray Rothbard, Russia, Mauritania, Rand's feminism, the future of Objectivism and Sciabarra's 2001 cyberseminar "Dialectics and Liberty"
The influence is actually indirect ... [D]ialectics is, quite simply, the art of context-keeping. It is a technique of thinking that attempts to grasp the full context of a philosophic or social problem. It was pioneered by the pre-Socratics and Plato, but its theoretical principles and techniques were first enunciated by ... Aristotle ... Hegel and Marx ... learned much from Aristotle. As did Rand.
Topics discussed include: the Institute for Objectivist Studies, ties between IOS and classical liberal institutions, the Objectivism movement, the split with the Ayn Rand Institute, the marketplace of ideas, open questions in philosophy, and psychology
Topics discussed include: intellectual influences, respected philosophers, determinism, David Kelley, Ayn Rand, philosophy and Objectivism in universities, the Sense of Life documentary and Atlas Shrugged
Hospers: Several things ... That reality is there independently of us. That it cannot both be X and not-X at the same time in the same respect; that ideas can change the world, for better or for worse ... "All great minds run in the same channel," it has been said—and while this isn't true, more Randians should realize that other minds than Ayn Rand's have had some of her most important ideas. The whole structure—the integrated system—is unique to her, but many of the ingredients have been created by others ...
In two parts; topics range from David Kelley, objectivism, Ayn Rand, his memoir Judgment Day, Barbara Branden, Leonard Peikoff, homosexuality, self-esteem and more
[S]he wasn't a scholar, and that made it harder for academics to grasp ... [S]he was right far more often than she was wrong. Did she sometimes overstate her case? Yes. Could she be guilty of over-simplification? Yeah ...
When, ... she broke with someone ... she never could acknowledge anything good about them, ... no matter how much she might have praised their intelligence in the past.
Topics discussed include: ethics, science and philosophy, Karl Popper and the scientific method, Ayn Rand and epistemology, consciousness, relativism and the academic left, and Nozick himself
Topics discussed range from Poole's early influences, Ayn Rand, getting interested in policy analysis, the Goldwater campaign, the LP, Reason Foundation, the professionals who helped him the most and his passion for privatization
... Reading Rand turned me from being a conservative into being a libertarian ...
Topics discussed include: NOW, affirmative action, the Clintons, libertarianism, capitalism, academic administrators, conservatives, Rush Limbaugh, television, Christina Hoff Sommers vs. Naomi Wolf, institutions, homosexuality, nostalgia and Ayn Rand
Branden answers questions about New Zealand and her then forthcoming visit, the 11 Sep 2001 attacks, Ayn Rand, objectivism and factionalism within the objectivist movement
Topics discussed include objectivism, ethics, guilt, having a productive or creative purpose, emotions, women and family, romantic love, sex, marriage, religion, compassion, other writers, government, various politicians and altruism
Today, Ayn Rand lives in a modest apartment in the East Thirties of Manhattan with her artist husband, Frank O'Connor. She is planning another novel and working on a long-range nonfiction project—a book on epistemology, the theory of knowledge.
Topics include Prodos' background and philosophy of life, his influences, the Walk for Capitalism and his future plans
Prodos: Surely you can't mean Ayn Rand??? The other writer who has most influenced me is Edward de Bono, the inventor of "lateral thinking". Other writers include: The American Founding Fathers, Ayn Rand (did I already mention her?), Ludwig Von Mises, Frédéric Bastiat, Nevil Shute (a novelist with a wonderful sense of life), all sorts of science-fiction writers, and Ayn Rand ... And this list wouldn't be complete if I didn't also include the arch defender of Capitalism, Reason, and Happiness, a lady by the name of Ayn Rand.
Topics discussed include McElroy's early life, two of her notable books, individualist anarchism, voluntarism, conspiracy theories, religions, banks and money, feminism, capitalism, Austrian economics, Julian Assange and the future
Publications
Twice yearly (usually, July and December); co-founded by Chris Matthew Sciabarra
Books
by George H. Smith, Apr 1991
Partial contents: The Meaning of Heresy - My Path to Atheism - Atheism and the Virtue of Reasonableness - Defining Atheism - Atheism and Objectivism - Ayn Rand: Philosophy and Controversy - The Righteous Persecution of Drug Consumers and Other Heretics
- ISBN 0879755776: Hardcover, Prometheus Books, 1991
by Tibor Machan, 1 Mar 2000
Contents: Ayn Rand, Iconoclast - Intellectual Iconoclast - Rand on Axiomatic Concepts - Rand's Moral Philosophy - Rand's Rational Individualism - Rand versus Marx - Rand's Moriarty - Room for Work
- ISBN 0820441449: Paperback, Peter Lang, 2000
by Michael Paxton, 1998
Companion book to the Academy Award-nominated documentary
- ISBN 0879058455: Hardcover, Gibbs Smith Publishers, 1998
by Chris Matthew Sciabarra, 1995
Partial contents: One: The Process of Becoming - Synthesis in Russian Culture - Lossky, the Teacher - Educating Alissa - The Maturation of Ayn Rand - Two: The Revolt Against Dualism - Being - Knowing - Reason and Emotion - Art, Philosophy, and Efficacy
- ISBN 0271014407: Hardcover, Pennsylvania State Univ Pr, 1995
- Kindle Book available at Amazon
- ISBN 0271014415: Paperback, Pennsylvania State Univ Pr, 1995
- ISBN 0271062274: Paperback, Penn State University Press, 2nd edition, 2013
by Chris Matthew Sciabarra, 2003
Contents: Ayn Rand on Homosexuality - Post-Randians on Homosexuality - The Horror File - The Times They Are A Changin' - Male Bonding in the Randian Novel - Reconsidering Ayn Rand's Views on Homosexuality - Toward a New Model for Gay—and Human—Liberation
- ISBN 0958457336: Paperback, Leap Publishing, 2003
by Harry Binswanger (editor), 1986
Covers about 400 topics, organized alphabetically, with excerpts of Rand's writings on the relevant topic, annotated to the original sources
- ISBN 0453005284: Hardcover, Dutton Adult, 1986
- Kindle Book available at Amazon
- ISBN 0452008727: Paperback, Plume, 1988
- ISBN 0452010519: Paperback, Plume, Reprint edition, 1988
by David Kelley, 1990
Partial contents: Moral Judgment - Cognition and Evaluation - Types of Moral Judgment - The Temperament of a Judge - Sanction - Existential Aid and Moral Sanction - The Case of Libertarianism - Error and Evil - Ideas and Original Sin
- ISBN 0765800608: Hardcover, Transaction Publishers, 2000
- ISBN 0765808633: Paperback, Transaction Publishers, 2000
by Chris Matthew Sciabarra (Editor, Introduction), 1999
Collection of 19 essays, edited by Mimi Reisel Gladstein and Chris Matthew Sciabarra, including essays by Barbara Branden, Nathaniel Branden, Susan Brownmiller, Gladstein, Wendy McElroy, Camille Paglia, Sharon Presley, Joan Kennedy Taylor and Judith Wilt
- ISBN 0271018305: Hardcover, Pennsylvania State Univ Press, 1999
- ISBN 0271018313: Paperback, Pennsylvania State Univ Press, 1999
by David Harriman (editor), Leonard Peikoff (foreword), 1997
Partial contents: Early Projects: The Hollywood Years - We the Living - The Fountainhead: Theme and Characters - Transition Between Novels: The Moral Basis of Individualism - Top Secret - Atlas Shrugged: The Mind on Strike - Final Years: Notes: 1955-1977
- ISBN 0525943706: Hardcover, Dutton Adult, 1997
- ISBN 0452278872: Paperback, Plume, 1999
by Nathaniel Branden, 1989
1999 edition is titled My Years with Ayn Rand
- ISBN 0395461073: Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin, 1989
- Based on 1999 edition: Kindle Book available at Amazon
- ISBN 0380711273: Paperback, Avon Books, 1991
- ISBN 0787945137: Paperback, Jossey-Bass, 1999
by Michael S. Berliner (editor), Leonard Peikoff (introduction), 1995
Partial contents: Arrival in America to We The Living - We The Living to The Fountainhead - Letters to Frank Lloyd Wright - Return to Hollywood - Letters to Isabel Paterson - The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged years
- ISBN 0525939466: Hardcover, Dutton Books, 1995
- ISBN 0452274044: Paperback, Plume, 1997
by Leonard Peikoff, 1991
Contents: Preface - Reality - Sense Perception and Volition - Concept-Formation - Objectivity - Reason - Man - The Good - Virtue - Happiness - Government - Capitalism - Art - Epilogue: The Duel Between Plato and Aristotle
- ISBN 0525933808: Hardcover, E P Dutton, 1991
- Kindle Book available at Amazon
- ISBN 0452011019: Paperback, Plume, Reprint edition, 1993
by Barbara Branden, 1986
Contents: Prologue - We The Living - The Fountainhead - Atlas Shrugged - Denouement - Epilogue; basis for the 1999 film starring Helen Mirren
- ISBN 0385191715: Hardcover, Doubleday, 1st edition, 1986
- ISBN 038524388X: Paperback, Anchor Books, 1987
Books Authored
Twelve numbered chapters; awarded the 1987 Libertarian Futurist Society Hall of Fame Award
- ISBN 1565115481: Audio CD, Highbridge Audio, Unabridged edition, 2002
- ISBN 0525948937: Hardcover, Dutton Adult, 2005
- ISBN 087004124X: Hardcover, Caxton Press, 1966
- ISBN 0451191137: Paperback, Signet, 50th anniv edition, 1996
- ISBN 0452281253: Paperback, Plume, Reissue edition, 1999
- ISBN 0452286352: Paperback, Plume, Centennial edition, 2004
Partial contents: Preliminary Remarks - Choosing a Subject and Theme - Judging One's Audience - Applying Philosophy Without Preaching It - Creating an Outline - Writing the Draft: The Primacy of the Subconscious - Editing - Style - Writing a Book
- ISBN 0786190302: Audio CD, Blackstone Audiobooks, Unabridged edition, 2004
- ISBN 0452282314: Paperback, Plume, 2001
by Edward Herrmann (Reader - Audio CD/Cassette), Ayn Rand, 1957
Partial contents: 1: Non-Contradiction - The Exploiters and the Exploited - The John Galt Line - 2: Either-Or - The Man Who Belonged on Earth - The Aristocracy of Pull - The Sanction of the Victim - 3: A is A - Anti-Life - "This is John Galt Speaking"
- ISBN 1565114175: Audio CD, Highbridge Audio, Abridged, 2000
- ISBN 0525934189: Hardcover, Dutton Adult, 35th Anniv. Edition, 1992
- ISBN 0525948929: Hardcover, Dutton Adult, Centennial Edition, 2005
- ISBN 0451116763: Paperback, Signet, 1978
- ISBN 0451191145: Paperback, Signet, 35th Anniv. Edition, 1996
- ISBN 0452011876: Paperback, Plume, 1999
- ISBN 0452286360: Paperback, Plume, Centennial Edition, 2004
by Nathaniel Branden ("Common Fallacies About Capitalism" and "Alienation"), Alan Greenspan, Robert Hessen, Ayn Rand, 1946
Essays by Rand, Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan and Robert Hessen; partial list: What is Capitalism? - Gold and Economic Freedom - The Anatomy of Compromise - Conservatism: An Obituary - The New Fascism: Rule by Consensus - The Nature of Government
- Kindle Book available at Amazon
- ISBN 0451060504: Paperback, Signet, 1967
- ISBN 0451113764: Paperback, Signet, 1978
- ISBN 0451133161: Paperback, Signet Book, 1984
- ISBN 0451147952: Paperback, Signet, Reissue edition, 1986
Contents: Part One: Peter Keating (15 numbered chapters) - Part Two: Ellsworth M. Toohey (15 chapters) - Part Three: Gail Wynand (9 chapters) - Part Four: Howard Roark (20 chapters)
- ISBN 1565117875: Audio CD, Highbridge Audio, Abridged edition, 2003
- ISBN 0452283760: Hardcover, Plume, 60th Anniv edition, 2002
- ISBN 0452286751: Hardcover, Plume, Centennial edition, 2005
- ISBN 0452273331: Paperback, Plume, Reprint edition, 1994
- ISBN 0452286379: Paperback, Plume, Centennial edition, 2004
- ISBN 5555532237: Paperback, Signet Book, 1993
Contents: Cognition and Measurement - Concept-Formation - Abstraction from Abstractions - Concepts of Consciousness - Definitions - Axiomatic Concepts - The Cognitive Role of Concepts - Consciousness and Identity
- ISBN 0453007244: Hardcover, Dutton Adult, 2nd edition, 1990
- ISBN 0452010306: Paperback, Plume, Expanded 2nd edition, 1990
Partial contents: The Cashing-In: The Student "Rebellion" - Apollo and Dionysus - The Left: Old and New - From a Symposium - Political "Crimes" - The Chicken's Homecoming - The "Inexplicable Personal Alchemy" - The Anti-Industrial Revolution
- ISBN 0451156455: Paperback, Signet, Reissue edition, 1971
- ISBN 0452011256: Paperback, Plume, Revised edition, 1993
by Leonard Peikoff, Ayn Rand, 2001
Partial contents: Anthem - We The Living - The Fountainhead - Atlas Shrugged - The Objectivist - The Objectivist Newsletter - The Virtue of Selfishness - For the New Intellectual - Capitalism: the Unknown Ideal - The New Left - The Romantic Manifesto
- ISBN 0971178704: CD-ROM, Oliver Computing, 2001
Partial contents: Philosophical Detection - The Metaphysical Versus the Man-Made - The Missing Link - Faith and Force: The Destroyers of the Modern World - Kant Versus Sullivan - Causality Versus Duty - Egalitarianism and Inflation - What Can one Do?
- ISBN 0786190299: Audio CD, Blackstone Audio, Inc., Unabridged edition, 2010
- Kindle Book available at Amazon
- ISBN 0451132491: Paperback, Signet Book, 1984
- ISBN 0451138937: Paperback, Signet, Reissue edition, 1984
Partial contents: The Schools - The Cashing-In: The Student "Rebellion" - The Chicken's Homecoming - The Comprachicos - The Culture - Apollo and Dionysus - The Age of Envy - The Politics - The Left: Old and New - Racism - The Anti-Industrial Revolution
- ISBN 0452011841: Paperback, Meridian, 1999
Partial contents: The Psycho-Epistemology of Art - Philosophy and Sense of Life - Art and Sense of Life - Art and Cognition - Basic Principles of Literature - What is Romanticism? - The Esthetic Vacuum of Our Age - Bootleg Romanticism
- ISBN 0451149165: Paperback, Signet, Revised edition, 1971
- ISBN 9992587490: Paperback, New American Library, 1975
by Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden (additional articles), 1964
Partial contents: The Objectivist Ethics - The Ethics of Emergencies - The "Conflicts" of Men's Interests - Isn't Everyone Selfish? - The Psychology of Pleasure - Doesn't Life Require Compromise? - The Nature of Government - The Argument from Intimidation
- ISBN 0453003699: Hardcover, Dutton Adult, 1965
- Kindle Book available at Amazon
- ISBN 0451113837: Paperback, Signet, 1970
- ISBN 0451163931: Paperback, Signet, Reissue edition, 1964
Partial contents: One: Philosophy - Introducing Objectivism - To Young Scientists - Two: Culture - The Intellectual Bankruptcy of Our Age - Our Cultural Value-Deprivation - Three: Politics - Representation Without Authorization - The Pull Peddlers
- ISBN 0453006345: Hardcover, Dutton Adult, 1989
- Kindle Book available at Amazon
- ISBN 0452010462: Paperback, Plume, 1990
Rand's first novel, released in 1936 and then revised in 1959; takes place in Russia after the 1917 Revolution
- ISBN 0525940545: Hardcover, Dutton Adult, Reissue edition, 1995
- ISBN 0451141466: Paperback, Signet Book, 1960
- ISBN 0451187849: Paperback, Signet, 60th Anniv edition, 1996
Audio
Lecture given at Mises University 2005, Raico reminisces about Murray Rothbard, the forming of the Circle Bastiat, Ayn Rand, F.A. Hayek and many others in the 1950s and early 1960s
Videos
Guests: Eric Daniels, professor of political history, Duke University; Jeff Britting, producer of Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life; Leonard Peikoff, author of Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand; includes clips of Rand herself
Karl Hess compares Emma Goldman and Ayn Rand, by Karl Hess, Anarchism in America
Hess describes his experience reading Emma Goldman and how Goldman, "consciously or not, [was] the source of the best in Ayn Rand"
Leonard Liggio on the Rise of the Modern American Libertarian Movement, by Jacob G. Hornberger, Leonard Liggio, 9 Mar 1995
Talk given at Vienna Coffee Club (Future of Freedom Foundation). Liggio starts off with the New Deal and covers many events and individuals both at the core and the periphery of the modern libertarian movement
Nathaniel Branden on "My Years With Ayn Rand", by Nathaniel Branden, Reason TV, 11 Nov 2009
Topics include a new generation discovering Ayn Rand, Objectivism, emotions, the "Collective", telling Rand about the possible benefits of marijuana, discovering the word "libertarian" and arguing with her about conservatism and her emphasis on capitalism
Short video, with transcript; discusses the answers to the question "What is the proper role of government?" from the viewpoint of Ayn Rand and Robert Nozick
Set Yourself Free, by The Thinking Atheist, 12 Jan 2010
Compares Christian beliefs to "Battered Woman Syndrome"
Ayn Rand [from Atlas Shrugged, Part Three "A is A", Chapter 1 "Atlantis"; spoken by Hugh Akston]
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