Anthem - Softcover

Rand, Ayn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1613820437 ISBN 13: 9781613820438

Verlag: Simon & Brown, 2011

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He lived in the dark ages of the future. In a loveless world he dared to love the woman of his choice and he had the courage to seek after knowledge. But these were not the crimes for which he would be killed. He was marked for death because he was a man alone. By the author of "We the Living".

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Ayan Rand was an American author and philosopher who was born in Russia. She is renowned for both her literature and the Objectivism philosophical framework she created. Before migrating to the US in 1926, she had her education and upbringing in Russia. Before becoming popular with The Fountainhead in 1943, she wrote and published two early, unsuccessful novels, two Broadway plays, and two books. The publication of Rand's best-known book, Atlas Shrugged, in 1957. Thereafter, up until her death in 1982, she published her own publications and released a number of collections of essays in order to promote her ideology. Rand promoted reason as the only method of learning; she disapproved of faith and religion. She opposed altruism and favored logical, moral egoism. In politics, she opposed collectivism, statism, and anarchism and criticized the use of force as unethical. She advocated for laissez-faire capitalism, which she characterized as the framework that respects individual rights, including those related to private property. Rand was opposed to libertarianism, which she saw as an anarchist, although she is frequently linked to the contemporary libertarian movement in the US. Rand supported romantic realism in art. There have been nearly 37 million sales of Rand's novels.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Simon & Brown
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1613820437
• ISBN 13: 9781613820438
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 60
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