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Atlas Shrugged is a 1957 novel by Ayn Rand. It is her longest novel, the fourth and final one published during her lifetime, and the one she considered her magnum opus in the realm of fiction writing. [1] She described the theme of Atlas Shrugged as "the role of man's mind in existence" and it includes elements of science fiction, mystery, and ...
The tenor of the criticism for her first nonfiction book, For the New Intellectual, was similar to that for Atlas Shrugged. [158] Philosopher Sidney Hook likened her certainty to "the way philosophy is written in the Soviet Union", [ 159 ] and author Gore Vidal called her viewpoint "nearly perfect in its immorality". [ 160 ]
Objectivism is a philosophical system named and developed by Russian-American writer and philosopher Ayn Rand.She described it as "the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute".
Atlas Shrugged: Part I (referred to onscreen as simply Atlas Shrugged) is a 2011 American political science fiction drama film directed by Paul Johansson.An adaptation of part of the philosopher Ayn Rand's 1957 novel of the same name, the film is the first in a trilogy encompassing the entire book.
Atlas Shrugged is a trilogy of American science fiction drama films. The series, adaptations of Ayn Rand 's 1957 novel of the same title , are subtitled Part I (2011), Part II (2012) and Part III (2014); the latter sometimes includes Who Is John Galt? in the title.
Atlas Shrugged: Part II (or Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike [3]) is a 2012 American drama film based on the 1957 novel Atlas Shrugged by the philosopher Ayn Rand.It is the second installment in the Atlas Shrugged film series and the first sequel to the 2011 film Atlas Shrugged: Part I, continuing the story where its predecessor left off. [4]
I am wondering about the possibility of putting several links from a Patheos long review of Atlas shrugged in the Reception section. Because I think that they are certainly in-depth, and help give some context and additional criticism to the section. Not putting every single one, just a few select that might work best. Links included.
The Randian hero is a ubiquitous figure in the fiction of 20th-century novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand, most famously in the figures of The Fountainhead ' s Howard Roark and Atlas Shrugged ' s John Galt. Rand's self-declared purpose in writing fiction was to project an "ideal man"—a man who perseveres to achieve his values, and only his values.