Ayn Rand Summary

Objectivism/Ayn Rand Few philosophers or philosophies can claim the public recognition and "fan" following of Ayn Rand (1905-1982) and her philosophy, Objectivism. Espoused in several no... Read more

Biography EssayAyn Rand's novels The Fountainhead (1943) and Atlas Shrugged (1957) develop her philosophy of objectivism, which challenged conventional values by emphasizing laissez-faire capitalism, ... Read more

Ayn Rand has been both revered and disparaged as the author of controversial novels, essays, and other works that espouse her philosophy of Objectivism. A Russian-born American citizen, Rand celebrate... Read more

Ayn Rand, one of the few systematic philosophers who have used imaginative literature to develop their ideas, was a novelist and the founder of the Objectivist school of philosophy. She was an advocat... Read more

Critical Essay by Gore Vidal [The following essay was originally published in Esquire, July, 1961.] Ayn Rand is a rhetorician who writes novels I have never been able to read. (p. 261) This odd little... Read more

Critical Essay by Bruce Cook Miss Rand is a profoundly poor writer. To say that her plots are absurdly tendentious, her characters no more than wooden puppets, and her diction utterly without grace or... Read more

Two great intellectuals of the early twentieth century wrote works of fiction that have become classics; they espoused polar-opposite views, however, of how society best functions. Their battle betwee... Read more