Essays on Ayn Rand's Anthem

Herausgeber: Mayhew, Robert

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The essays in this collection treat historical, literary, and philosophical topics related to Ayn Rand's Anthem, an anti-utopia fantasy set in the future. The first book-length study on Anthem, this collection covers subjects such as free will, political freedom, and the connection between freedom and individual thought and privacy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9780739110317
• ISBN-10: 0739110314
• Artikelnr.: 22774114

Autorenporträt

Edited by Robert Mayhew - Contributions by Michael S. Berliner; Andy Bernstein; Harry Binswanger; Tore Boeckmann; Jeff Britting; Onkar Ghate; Lindsay Joseph; John Lewis; Shoshana Milgram; Amy Peikoff; Richard E. Ralston; Greg Salmieri and Darryl Wright

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Part 1: The History of Anthem Chapter 2 Anthem in Manuscript:
Finding the Words Chapter 3 Publishing Anthem Chapter 4 Anthem: '38 and '46
Chapter 5 Reviews of Anthem Chapter 6 Adapting Anthem: Projects That Were
and Might Have Been Chapter 7 Anthem and 'The Individualist Manifesto' Part
8 Part 2: Anthem as Literature and as Philosophy Chapter 9 Anthem as a
Psychological Fantasy Chapter 10 Anthem in the Context of Related Literary
Works: 'We are not like our brothers' Chapter 11 'Sacrilege toward the
Individual': The Anti-Pride of Thomas More's Utopia and Anthem's Radical
Alternative Chapter 12 Needs of the Psyche in Ayn Rand's Early Ethical
Thought Chapter 13 Breaking the Metaphysical Chains of Dictatorship: Free
Will and Determinism in Anthem Chapter 14 Prometheus' Discovery:
Individualism and the Meaning of the Concept "I" in Anthem Chapter 15
Freedom of Disassociation in Anthem Chapter 16 Anthem and Collectivist
Regression into Primitivism Part 17 Epilogue: Anthem: An Appreciation Part
18 Appendix: Teaching Anthem: A Guide for High School and University
Teachers