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What does the Ayn Rand Institute do?
The Ayn Rand Institute (ARI), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in Irvine, California, works to introduce young people to Ayn Rand’s novels, to support scholarship and research based on her ideas, and to promote the principles of reason, rational self-interest, individual rights and laissez-faire …
What is the point of Atlas Shrugged?
The theme of Atlas Shrugged, as Rand described it, is “the role of man’s mind in existence”. The book explores a number of philosophical themes from which Rand would subsequently develop Objectivism.
Is there an Atlas Shrugged movie?
Atlas Shrugged: Part I2011
Atlas Shrugged: Part II2012Atlas Shrugged Part III: Who Is John Galt?2014
Atlas Shrugged/Movies
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.
What is Ayn Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism?
Ayn Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism was set forth in such works as her epic novel Atlas Shrugged, and in her brilliant non-fiction essays. Objectivism is designed as a guide to life, and celebrates the remarkable potential and power of the individual.
What does the Atlas Society promote?
The Atlas Society promotes open Objectivism: the philosophy of reason, achievement, individualism, and freedom. Ayn Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism was set forth in such works as her epic novel Atlas Shrugged, and in her brilliant non-fiction essays.
Is the Atlas Society anti-Objectivism?
The Atlas Society promotes something that is fully anti-Objectivism while still calling it Objectivism, in much the same way, and for exactly the same reasons, that communist dictatorships name themselves “People’s Republics” and our mixed socialist economy is called “capitalism,” and “democracy” has become culturally synonymous with “freedom.”