{"product_id":"a-companion-to-ayn-rand-isbn-9781405186841","title":"A Companion to Ayn Rand","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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 \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe first publication to provide an in-depth scholarly treatment ranging over the whole of Rand’s corpus\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides informed contextual analysis for scholars in a variety of disciplines\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents original research on unpublished material and drafts from the Rand archives in California\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures insightful and fair-minded interpretations of Rand’s controversial positions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e Notes on Contributors ix \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Note on Abbreviations and References xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Context 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 An Introduction to the Study of Ayn Rand 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGregory Salmieri\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Life of Ayn Rand: Writing, Reading, and Related Life Events 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShoshana Milgram\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Ethics and Human Nature 47\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Act of Valuing (and the Objectivity of Values) 49\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGregory Salmieri\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Morality of Life 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAllan Gotthelf \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003ecompleted by Gregory Salmieri\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 A Being of Self-Made Soul 105\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOnkar Ghate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Egoism and Altruism: Selfi shness and Sacrifice 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGregory Salmieri\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Society 157\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 “A Human Society”: Rand’s Social Philosophy 159\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDarryl Wright\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Political Theory: A Radical for Capitalism 187\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFred D. Miller, Jr. and Adam Mossoff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Objective Law 209\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTara Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 “A Free Mind and a Free Market are Corollaries”: Rand’s Philosophical Perspective on Capitalism 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOnkar Ghate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV The Foundations of Objectivism 243\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Objectivist Metaphysics: The Primacy of Existence 245\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJason G. Rheins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Objectivist Epistemology 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGregory Salmieri\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Philosophers and Their Effects 319\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 “Who Sets the Tone for a Culture?”: Ayn Rand’s Approach to the History of Philosophy 321\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames G. Lennox\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Ayn Rand’s Evolving View of Friedrich Nietzsche 343\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLester H. Hunt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 A Philosopher on Her Times: Ayn Rand’s Political and Cultural Commentary 351\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn David Lewis and Gregory Salmieri\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Art 403\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Objectivist Esthetics: Art and the Needs of a Conceptual Consciousness 405\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarry Binswanger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Rand’s Literary Romanticism 426\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTore Boeckmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCoda 451\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Hallmarks of Objectivism: The Benevolent Universe Premise and the Heroic View of Man 453\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAllan Gotthelf and Gregory Salmieri\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnotated Bibliography of Primary and Quasi-Primary Sources 463\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 471\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAllan Gotthelf\u003c\/b\u003e (1942-2013) was Anthem Foundation Distinguished Fellow at Rutgers University, USA, emeritus Professor of Philosophy at The College of New Jersey, Secretary of the Ayn Rand Society (a professional group affiliated with the American Philosophical Association), and the primary editor of its \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Studies \u003c\/i\u003eseries. Between 2003 and 2012, he was visiting professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh. His influential papers on Aristotle are collected in \u003ci\u003eTeleology, First Principles, and Scientific Method in Aristotle’s Biology\u003c\/i\u003e (2012).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGregory Salmieri\u003c\/b\u003e teaches at Rutgers University, is a philosophy fellow at the Anthem Foundation, and has held teaching and research positions at The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2008-12) and Boston University (2012-14). He is co-secretary of the Ayn Rand Society and co-editor of its \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Studies \u003c\/i\u003eseries. In addition to his work on Rand, he has published on various issues in Aristotle’s philosophy and is editor of the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eKnowing and Coming to Know: Essays on Aristotle’s Epistemology.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis expansive \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e to Ayn Rand’s work provides vital orientation and context for scholars and educated readers grappling with Rand’s varied and controversial corpus\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e Rand’s work has been often ignored and sometimes disdained in the academy, yet she continues to fascinate readers with her dramatic novels, wide-ranging essays, and Objectivism, her philosophy of reason, egoism, and laissez-faire capitalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter an informative introduction and a brief biography of the Russian émigrée who went on to celebrate and defend her vision of the American way of life, each chapter of this \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on a different area of the philosophy she developed, or on a selection of her writings. Several chapters tackle aspects of her views on ethics and the metaphysical and epistemological foundations of her philosophy. Others examine Rand’s thoughts on political theory, her approach to literature (as both theorist and author), and her acute analysis of contemporary events. Taken together, the chapters provide an overview of Rand’s distinctive worldview, relating the different aspects of her thought together, as well as relating each to philosophers and theorists in connected fields. This publication provides a thorough, scholarly grounding in Rand’s varied and highly original work, offering the most wide-ranging and up-to-date survey available.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988602765541,"sku":"NP9781405186841","price":218.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405186841.jpg?v=1761780932","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-companion-to-ayn-rand-isbn-9781405186841","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}