Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged (eBook, PDF)

A Philosophical and Literary Companion
Redaktion: Younkins, Edward W.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Since its publication in 1957 Atlas Shrugged, the philosophical and artistic climax of Ayn Rand's novels, has never been out of print and has received enormous critical attention becoming one of the most influential books ever published, impacting on a variety of disciplines including philosophy, literature, economics, business, and political science among others. More than a great novel, Atlas Shrugged is an abstract conceptual, and symbolic work that expounds a radical philosophy, presenting a view of man and man's relationship to existence and manifesting the essentials of an entire philosophical system - metaphysics, epistemology, politics and ethics. Celebrating the fiftieth year of Atlas Shrugged's publication, this companion is an exploration of this monumental work of literature. Contributions have been specially commissioned from a diversity of eminent scholars who admire and have been influenced by the book, the included essays analyzing the novel's integrating elements of theme, plot and characterization from many perspectives and from various levels of meaning.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317176565
• Artikelnr.: 49354158

Autorenporträt

Edward Younkins is one of the leading scholars on the works of Ayn Rand in the world. He is the author of 'Capitalism and Commerce' and 'Philosophers of Capitalism: Menger, Mises, Rand and Beyond'.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface; Introduction. Part 1 An Overview: Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand's philosophical and literary masterpiece
Edward W. Younkins; Atlas Shrugged: manifesto for a new radicalism
Chris Matthew Sciabarra; The Aristotelian significance of the section titles of Atlas Shrugged
Douglas B. Rasmussen; Various levels of meaning in the chapter titles of Atlas Shrugged
Fred Seddon; Some structural aspects of Atlas Shrugged
Lester H. Hunt; Table of contents for Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged
Hans Gregory Schantz. Part 2 Philosophy: Atlas Shrugged's moral principle of the sanction of the victim
Tibor R. Machan; Forced to rule: Atlas Shrugged as a response to Plato's Republic
Roderick T. Long; The role and essence of John Galt's speech in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged
G. Stolyarov II. Part 3 Literary Aspects: Ayn Rand's cinematic eye
Mimi Reisel Gladstein; Atlas Shrugged as a science fiction novel
Jeff Riggenbach; Ayn Rand's recasting of ancient myths in Atlas Shrugged
Kirsti Minsaas. Part 4 Aesthetics: Atlas and art
Ronald F. Lipp; My music: why it's romantic
and why I write it that way
Roger E. Bissell; Fuel for the soul
Russell Madden. Part 5 Political Economy: The economics of Atlas Shrugged
Peter J. Boettke; Atlas
Ayn and anarchy: A is A is A
Larry J. Sechrest; The businessman and Ayn Rand: Galt's Gulch in real time
Spencer Heath MacCallum; Ayn Rand's Atlantis as a free market economy
Sam Bostaph; Atlas Shrugged and public choice: the obvious parallels
Bryan Caplan; Francisco d'Anconia on money: a socio-economic analysis
Steven Horwitz; Human productivity in Atlas Shrugged
Jack Criss. Part 6 Human Relationships: Dagny and me
Karen Michalson; Atlas Shrugged: the dream of every woman
Joy Bushnell; Friendship in Atlas Shrugged
Peter Saint-Andre; Romantic love in Atlas Shrugged
Jennifer L. Iannolo; Beyond the 'stillborn aspiration': virtuous sexuality in Atlas Shrugged
Susan Love Brown. Part 7 Characterization: The price of passivity: Hank Rearden's mind-body dichotomy
Virginia Murr; Hugh Akston
the role of teaching
and the lessons of Atlas Shrugged
Ken Schoolland and Stuart K. Hayashi; When the train left the station
with two lights on behind: the Eddie Willers story
Robert Campbell; In the beginning was the thought: the story of the wet nurse
Jomana Krupinski; The destruction from the nihilism train: the Cherryl Brooks story
Jennifer J. Rhodes. Part 8 History: Atlas and 'the Bible': Rand's debt to Isabel Paterson
Stephen Cox; A note on Rand's Americanism
Douglas J. Den Uyl; The non fictional Robert Stadlers: traitors to liberty
Walter Block; Atlas Shrugging throughout history and modern life
Stuart K. Hayashi. Index.