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Author Younkins, Edward W

Title Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged : a Philosophical and Literary Companion
Published Brookfield : Taylor and Francis, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (367 pages)
Contents Cover; Half Title; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Figure; List of Contributors; Preface; Introduction; Part 1: An Overview; 1 Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand's Philosophical and Literary Masterpiece; 2 Atlas Shrugged: Manifesto for a New Radicalism; 3 The Aristotelian Significance of the Section Titles of Atlas Shrugged; 4 Various Levels of Meaning in the Chapter Titles of Atlas Shrugged; 5 Some Structural Aspects of Atlas Shrugged; 6 Table of Contents for Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged; Part 2: Philosophy; 7 Atlas Shrugged 's Moral Principle of the Sanction of the Victim
8 Forced to Rule: Atlas Shrugged as a Response to Plato's Republic9 The Role and Essence of John Galt's Speech in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged; Part 3: Literary Aspects; 10 Ayn Rand's Cinematic Eye; 11 Atlas Shrugged as a Science Fiction Novel; 12 Ayn Rand's Recasting of Ancient Myths in Atlas Shrugged; Part 4: Aesthetics; 13 Atlas and Art; 14 My Music: Why It's Romantic, and Why I Write It That Way; 15 Fuel for the Soul; Part 5: Political Economy; 16 The Economics of Atlas Shrugged; 17 Atlas, Ayn, and Anarchy: A is A is A; 18 The Businessman and Ayn Rand: Galt's Gulch in Real Time
19 Ayn Rand's "Atlantis" as a Free Market Economy20 Atlas Shrugged and Public Choice: The Obvious Parallels; 21 Francisco d'Anconia on Money: A Socio-Economic Analysis; 22 Human Productivity in Atlas Shrugged; Part 6: Human Relationships; 23 Dagny and Me; 24 Atlas Shrugged: The Dream of Every Woman; 25 Friendship in Atlas Shrugged; 26 Romantic Love in Atlas Shrugged; 27 Beyond the "Stillborn Aspiration": Virtuous Sexuality in Atlas Shrugged; Part 7: Characterization; 28 The Price of Passivity: Hank Rearden's Mind-Body Dichotomy
29 Hugh Akston, the Role of Teaching, and the Lessons of Atlas Shrugged30 When the Train Left the Station, with Two Lights on Behind: The Eddie Willers Story; 31 In the Beginning was the Thought: The Story of the Wet Nurse; 32 The Destruction from the Nihilism Train: The Cherryl Brooks Story; Part 8: History; 33 Atlas and "the Bible": Rand's Debt to Isabel Paterson; 34 A Note on Rand's Americanism; 35 The Non Fictional Robert Stadlers: Traitors to Liberty; 36 Atlas Shrugging Throughout History and Modern Life; Index
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Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781317176558
1317176553