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Informationen zum Autor Ayn Rand Klappentext Here is Ayn Rand's first non-fiction work-a challenge to the prevalent philosophical doctrines of our time and the "atmosphere of guilt, of panic, of despair, of boredom, and of all-pervasive evasion" that they create. As incisive and relevant today as it was sixty years ago, this book presents the essentials of Ayn Rand's philosophy "for those who wish to acquire an integrated view of existence." In the title essay, she offers an analysis of Western culture, discusses the causes of its progress, its decline, its present bankruptcy, and points the road to an intellectual renaissance. One of the most controversial figures on the intellectual scene, Ayn Rand was the proponent of a moral philosophy-and ethic of rational self-interest-that stands in sharp opposition to the ethics of altruism and self-sacrifice. The fundamentals of this morality-"a philosophy for living on Earth"-are here vibrantly set forth by the spokesman for a new class, For the New Intellectual. Zusammenfassung Here is Ayn Rand’s first non-fiction work—a challenge to the prevalent philosophical doctrines of our time and the “atmosphere of guilt! of panic! of despair! of boredom! and of all-pervasive evasion” that they create. As incisive and relevant today as it was sixty years ago! this book presents the essentials of Ayn Rand’s philosophy “for those who wish to acquire an integrated view of existence.” In the title essay! she offers an analysis of Western culture! discusses the causes of its progress! its decline! its present bankruptcy! and points the road to an intellectual renaissance. One of the most controversial figures on the intellectual scene! Ayn Rand was the proponent of a moral philosophy—and ethic of rational self-interest—that stands in sharp opposition to the ethics of altruism and self-sacrifice. The fundamentals of this morality—"a philosophy for living on Earth"—are here vibrantly set forth by the spokesman for a new class! For the New Intellectual . Inhaltsverzeichnis For the New Intellectual - Ayn Rand Preface For the New Intellectual We the Living Anthem The Fountainhead The Nature of the Second-Hander The Soul of a Collectivist The Soul of an Individualist Atlas Shrugged The Meaning of Money The Martyrdom of the Industrialists The Moral Meaning of Capitalism The Meaning of Sex "From Each According to His Ability, to Each According to His Need" The Forgotten Man of Socialized Medicine The Nature of an Artist "This Is John Galt Speaking"...
