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The first volume to offer a comprehensive scholarly treatment of Rand's entire corpus (including her novels, her philosophical essays, and her analysis of the events of her times), this Companion provides vital orientation and context for scholars and educated readers grappling with a controversial and understudied thinker whose enduring influence on American (and world) culture is increasingly recognized. The first publication to provide an in-depth scholarly treatment ranging over the whole of Rand's corpusProvides informed contextual analysis for scholars in a variety of disciplinesPresents original research on unpublished material and drafts from the Rand archives in CaliforniaFeatures insightful and fair-minded interpretations of Rand's controversial positions

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors ix

Acknowledgments xii

A Note on Abbreviations and References xiv

Part I Context 1

1 An Introduction to the Study of Ayn Rand 3
Gregory Salmieri

2 The Life of Ayn Rand: Writing, Reading, and Related Life Events 22
Shoshana Milgram

Part II Ethics and Human Nature 47

3 The Act of Valuing (and the Objectivity of Values) 49
Gregory Salmieri

4 The Morality of Life 73
Allan Gotthelf (completed by Gregory Salmieri)

5 A Being of Self-Made Soul 105
Onkar Ghate

6 Egoism and Altruism: Selfishness and Sacrifice 130
Gregory Salmieri

Part III Society 157

7 “A Human Society”: Rand’s Social Philosophy 159
Darryl Wright

8 Political Theory: A Radical for Capitalism 187
Fred D. Miller, Jr. and Adam Mossoff

9 Objective Law 209
Tara Smith

10 “A Free Mind and a Free Market are Corollaries”: Rand’s Philosophical Perspective on Capitalism 222
Onkar Ghate

Part IV The Foundations of Objectivism 243

11 Objectivist Metaphysics: The Primacy of Existence 245
Jason G. Rheins

12 The Objectivist Epistemology 272
Gregory Salmieri

Part V Philosophers and Their Effects 319

13 “Who Sets the Tone for a Culture?”: Ayn Rand’s Approach to the History of Philosophy 321
James G. Lennox

14 Ayn Rand’s Evolving View of Friedrich Nietzsche 34
Lester H. Hunt

15 A Philosopher on Her Times: Ayn Rand’s Political and Cultural Commentary 351
John David Lewis and Gregory Salmieri

Part VI Art 403

16 The Objectivist Esthetics: Art and the Needs of a Conceptual Consciousness 405
Harry Binswanger

17 Rand’s Literary Romanticism 426
Tore Boeckmann

Coda 451

18 Hallmarks of Objectivism: The Benevolent Universe Premise and the Heroic View of Man 453
Allan Gotthelf and Gregory Salmieri

Annotated Bibliography of Primary and Quasi-Primary Sources 463

Index 471

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 07/01/2022
      ISBN13: 9781119099024, 978-1119099024
      ISBN10: 1119099021
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The first volume to offer a comprehensive scholarly treatment of Rand's entire corpus (including her novels, her philosophical essays, and her analysis of the events of her times), this Companion provides vital orientation and context for scholars and educated readers grappling with a controversial and understudied thinker whose enduring influence on American (and world) culture is increasingly recognized. The first publication to provide an in-depth scholarly treatment ranging over the whole of Rand's corpusProvides informed contextual analysis for scholars in a variety of disciplinesPresents original research on unpublished material and drafts from the Rand archives in CaliforniaFeatures insightful and fair-minded interpretations of Rand's controversial positions

      Table of Contents

      Notes on Contributors ix

      Acknowledgments xii

      A Note on Abbreviations and References xiv

      Part I Context 1

      1 An Introduction to the Study of Ayn Rand 3
      Gregory Salmieri

      2 The Life of Ayn Rand: Writing, Reading, and Related Life Events 22
      Shoshana Milgram

      Part II Ethics and Human Nature 47

      3 The Act of Valuing (and the Objectivity of Values) 49
      Gregory Salmieri

      4 The Morality of Life 73
      Allan Gotthelf (completed by Gregory Salmieri)

      5 A Being of Self-Made Soul 105
      Onkar Ghate

      6 Egoism and Altruism: Selfishness and Sacrifice 130
      Gregory Salmieri

      Part III Society 157

      7 “A Human Society”: Rand’s Social Philosophy 159
      Darryl Wright

      8 Political Theory: A Radical for Capitalism 187
      Fred D. Miller, Jr. and Adam Mossoff

      9 Objective Law 209
      Tara Smith

      10 “A Free Mind and a Free Market are Corollaries”: Rand’s Philosophical Perspective on Capitalism 222
      Onkar Ghate

      Part IV The Foundations of Objectivism 243

      11 Objectivist Metaphysics: The Primacy of Existence 245
      Jason G. Rheins

      12 The Objectivist Epistemology 272
      Gregory Salmieri

      Part V Philosophers and Their Effects 319

      13 “Who Sets the Tone for a Culture?”: Ayn Rand’s Approach to the History of Philosophy 321
      James G. Lennox

      14 Ayn Rand’s Evolving View of Friedrich Nietzsche 34
      Lester H. Hunt

      15 A Philosopher on Her Times: Ayn Rand’s Political and Cultural Commentary 351
      John David Lewis and Gregory Salmieri

      Part VI Art 403

      16 The Objectivist Esthetics: Art and the Needs of a Conceptual Consciousness 405
      Harry Binswanger

      17 Rand’s Literary Romanticism 426
      Tore Boeckmann

      Coda 451

      18 Hallmarks of Objectivism: The Benevolent Universe Premise and the Heroic View of Man 453
      Allan Gotthelf and Gregory Salmieri

      Annotated Bibliography of Primary and Quasi-Primary Sources 463

      Index 471

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