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9780739110317

Essays on Ayn Rand's Anthem

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  • ISBN13:

    9780739110317

  • ISBN10:

    0739110314

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-05-20
  • Publisher: Lexington Books
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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Anthem in manuscript : finding the wordsp. 3
Publishing Anthemp. 24
Anthem : '38 & '46p. 28
Reviews of Anthemp. 55
Adapting Anthem : projects that were and might have beenp. 61
Anthem and 'the individualist manifesto'p. 70
Anthem as a psychological fantasyp. 83
Anthem in the context of related literary works : "we are not like our brothers"p. 119
"Sacrilege toward the individual" : the anti-pride of Thomas More's Utopia and Anthem's radical alternativep. 172
Needs of the psyche in Ayn Rand's early ethical thoughtp. 190
Breaking the metaphysical chains of dictatorship : free will and determinism in Anthemp. 225
Prometheus' discovery : individualism and the meaning of the concept "I" in Anthemp. 255
Freedom of disassociation in Anthemp. 285
Anthem and collectivist regression into primitivismp. 299
Epilogue : Anthem : an appreciationp. 307
Teaching Anthem : a guide for high school and university teachersp. 311
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