Ayn Rand

by Mimi R. Gladstein

Overview

The novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand was one of the most influential 20th century advocates of free market capitalism. Her work inspired Objectivism, a philosophical movement and former US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan cited Rand as a formative intellectual influence. In this outstanding volume, Mimi Gladstein details Rand's belief in the moral supremacy of individualism over collectivism, highlighting her contribution to libertarian thought.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781623566739
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	02/14/2013
Series:	Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	201 KB

About the Author

Mimi Gladstein is Chair of the Department of Theatre, Film, and Literature at the University of Texas at El Paso. She is the author of many books including Feminist Interpretations of Ayn Rand, The Ayn Rand Companion and The Indestructible Woman in Faulkner, Hemingway, and Steinbeck.
Mimi Gladstein is Chair of the Department of Theatre, Film, and Literature at the University of Texas at El Paso. She is the author of many books including Feminist Interpretations of Ayn Rand, The Ayn Rand Companion and The Indestructible Woman in Faulkner, Hemingway, and Steinbeck.

MIMI REISEL GLADSTEIN is Professor of English and Associate Dean of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at El Paso. In addition to The Ayn Rand Companion (1984), she is the author of The Indestructible Woman in Faulkner, Hemingway, and Steinbeck (1986), and coeditor of Feminist Interpretations of Ayn Rand (1999). She has won international awards for her teaching and scholarship on John Steinbeck.

Table of Contents

1: The Life\ 2: An Exposition of Rand's Ideas\ 3: Reception and Influence of Rand's Work\ 4: Contemporary Relevance\Bibliography

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