The Romantic Manifesto Ayn Rand 1971 PB 1st Ed. Philosophy Politics Culture

Description: **** VERY GOOD CONDITION ADULT OWNED / SMOKE FREE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE INQUIRE The Romantic Manifesto Ayn Rand 1971 PB 1st Ed. Signet Philosophy Politics - R14 A Philosophy of Lterature In this beautifully written and brilliantly reasoned book, Ayn Rand throws a new light on the nature of art and its purpose in human life. Once again Miss Rand eloquently demonstrates her refusal to let popular catchwords and conventional ideas stand between her and the truth as she has discovered it. The Romantic Manifesto takes its place beside The Fountainhead as one of the most important achievements of our time. In her ethics Ayn Rand extolled the virtue of selfishnessand in her theory of art she was no less radical. Piercing the fog of mysticism and sentimentality that engulfs art, the essays in The Romantic Manifesto explain why, since time immemorial, man has created and consumed works of art. Ayn Rand argues that objective standards in art are possible because art is not a subjective luxury, but rather a critical need of human lifenot a material need, but a need of mans rational mind, the faculty on which his material survival depends. Ayn Rand explains the indispensable function of art in mans life (ch. 1), the objective source of mans deeply personal, emotional response to art (ch. 2), and how an artists fundamental, often unstated view of man and of the world shapes his creations (ch. 3). Turning to her own field of artistic creation, Rand elaborates (ch. 5) on her distinctive theory of literature and identifies principles by which to judge an artwork objectively. What is Romanticism? (ch. 6) sheds new light on the nature and philosophy of the school of literature under which Rand classified her own work. Later essays explain how contemporary art reveals the debased intellectual state of our culture (ch. 7, 8 and 9). In the final essay Rand articulates the goal of her own fiction writing as the projection of an ideal man, as an end in itselfand explains that she originated her philosophy as a means to this end. Table of Contents Introduction 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 Art and Moral Treason Introduction to Ninety-Three The Goal of My Writing The Simplest Thing in the World Index Polemical novels, such as The Fountainhead (1943), of primarily known Russian-American writer Ayn Rand, originally Alisa Rosenbaum, espouse the doctrines of objectivism and political libertarianism. Fiction of this better author and philosopher developed a system that she named. Educated, she moved to the United States in 1926. After two early initially duds and two Broadway plays, Rand achieved fame. In 1957, she published Atlas Shrugged , her best-selling work. Rand advocated reason and rejected faith and religion. She supported rational and ethical egoism as opposed to altruism. She condemned the immoral initiation of force and supported laissez-faire capitalism, which she defined as the system, based on recognizing individual rights, including private property. Often associated with the modern movement in the United States, Rand opposed and viewed anarchism. In art, she promoted romantic realism. She sharply criticized most philosophers and their traditions with few exceptions. Books of Rand sold more than 37 million copies. From literary critics, her fiction received mixed reviews with more negative reviews for her later work. Afterward, she turned to nonfiction to promote her philosophy, published her own periodicals, and released several collections of essays until her death in 1982. After her death, her ideas interested academics, but philosophers generally ignored or rejected her and argued that her approach and work lack methodological rigor. She influenced some right conservatives. The movement circulates her ideas to the public and in academic settings. Dimensions: 7" x 4.25" x 0.5" Some rubbing/roughing on cover (see pics) Thanks For Viewing :) ..ooOO PLEASE SEE MY OTHER ITEMS FOR SHIPPING DISCOUNTS OOoo.. * INSURANCE (OPTIONAL) PLEASE INQUIRE * _gsrx_vers_1651 (GS 9.7.3 (1651))

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