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Objectively Speaking: Ayn Rand Interviewed provides sharp insights on a vast range of cultural issues that are totally unique and original, yet instantly recognizable as Ayn Rand. The collection is philosophical and intellectual, yet accessible to the general public. Publishers Weekly Freelance writer Podritske and author Schwartz (The Foreign Policy of Self-Interest) have selected 32 lectures and interviews from the 60-year career of writer and conservative philosopher Ayn Rand (1905-1982), founder of objectivism, beginning with her first interview in 1923, on the Depression ("Americans... don't even know what a depression is"), when the Russian émigré had just sold her first story to Universal Studios. Rand's 1943 novel Fountainhead catapulted her to success (amplified by the release of a film version) that was solidified in 1957 by her 1100-page magnum opus Atlas Shrugged. Both novels and later non-fiction were conceived as vehicles for "objectivism," a laissez-faire world-view based around the ethics of "rational self-interest" (a more familiar iteration might be "Greed is Good"); among her followers were Leonard Peikoff and a young Alan Greenspan. Though she knew hers was "an extreme and unpopular viewpoint," she was a tireless advocate for "full, unregulated, uncontrolled capitalism," and a harsh opponent of conservatives who "tie their political views to religion." With transcripts from speeches, television appearances, radio shows and more, this will no doubt please Rand's fans and provide a great resource for students. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Pt. 1 Beginnings: A Russian Emigre's First Interviews (1932-1949)1 "Russian Girl Jeers at U.S. for Depression Complaint," Oakland Tribune, 1932 32 "True Picture of Russian Girls' Love Life Tragic," Boston Post, 1936 53 "The Woman of Tomorrow," WJZ Radio, 1949 9Pt. 2 On Campus: Ayn Rand Talks With Future Intellectuals (1962-1966)4 Objectivism versus Conservatism 155 The Campaign against "Extremism" 236 The "Robber-Barons" 317 Myths of Capitalism 378 The Political Structure of a Free Society 439 The American Constitution 5110 Objective Law 5911 The Role of a Free Press 6712 Education 8113 Romantic Literature 9514 Romanticism versus Naturalism 10115 The Visual Arts 10916 Cyrano de Bergerac 11717 Favorites in Art 12318 The Nature of Humor 13119 The Foundations of Morality 13920 Altruism 14321 Individual Rights 15322 The Ethics of Objectivism 159Pt. 3 On Television and Radio: Ayn Rand in America's Living Rooms (1959-1981)23 "The Mike Wallace Interview," ABC-TV, 1959 16924 For the Intellectual, University of Michigan Television, with Professor James McConnell, 1961 17925 The Tonight Show, with Johnny Carson, NBC-TV, August 1967 18926 The Tonight Show, with Johnny Carson, NBC-TV, October 1967 19927 Speaking Freely, with Edwin Newman, NBC-TV, 1972 20728 Day and Night, a television program hosted by James Day, 1974 22329 Focus on Youth, a radio show hosted by Garth R. Ancier, 1976 23330 The Raymond Newman Journal, a radio show, 1980 24131 Louis Rukeyser's Business Journal, 1981 253Epilogue: Leonard Peikoff and Recollections of Ayn Rand 255Index 267
