Ayn Rand: The Russian Radical (113 page)

Atlas Shrugged
(film),
401n. 3

birth of, 23,
413n. 33

Capitalism
,
110
,
111
,
264

“The Comprachicos,”
177

death of,
113

The Early Ayn Rand
,
91

estate of,
467n. 7

The Fountainhead
,
62
,
96
,
97
,
98
,
99–104
,
106
,
174
,
195–96
,
218
,
219
,
232
,
256
,
279–80
, 283, 351,
357–58
,
404n. 31
,
439n. 68
,
443n. 57

The Fountainhead
(film),
106

Ideal
,
97

illustrations of,
113
,
168
,
190
,
223
,
249
,
362

Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology
,
111

Love Letters
(film),
106

memory of, 66,
83
, 85,
369–70
,
397–99

“The Moratorium on Brains,”
187

name of, 23, 90,
406n. 1
,
413n. 33

For the New Intellectual
,
111

The New Left
,
111

“The Objectivist Ethics,”
240–41

“The Only Path to Tomorrow,”
105–6

Penthouse Legend
,
418n. 24

personality of,
3
, 11

personal life of,
2–3
, 23,
111–13

Philosophy: Who Needs It
,
111

Pola Negri
,
461n. 19

“Red Pawn,”
91–92

reputation of, 1, 7–8

romances of,
91
,
111

The Romantic Manifesto
,
111
,
349
,
432nn. 1
,
6
,
433n. 23

“Screen Guide for Americans,”
88
,
106

Think Twice
,
417n. 24

The Unconquered
,
417n. 24

The Virtue of Selfishness
,
110
,
111
,
235
,
264

The Voice of Reason
,
111

Weberian view of politics and, 263,
265
,
337

We the Living
,
37–38
,
68
,
73
,
86–87
,
91
,
93–98
,
118
,
230
,
388–90
,
393
,
414n. 37
,
416n. 71
,
463n. 4
,
464n. 7
,
468n. 111

We the Living
(film),
417n. 17

You Came Along
(film),
106

Rand’s razor,
427n. 47

“The Rand Transcript” (Sciabarra),
ix
,
363–80
,
381
,
385–86
,
387
,
391
,
393
,
396

“The Rand Transcript, Revisited” (Sciabarra),
ix
,
381–91
,
393

Rasmussen, Douglas

on circularity,
127–28

on concepts,
160

on happiness,
243
,
436n. 27

on objectivism,
405n. 43

on property,
259

on rights,
257

on substance,
424n. 50

on values,
225

work of generally, 2,
7

rationalism

concepts and,
131
,
204–8

consciousness and,
212–14

culture and,
209–12

dialectics and,
207–8

empiricism and,
203–8

epistemology and, 211,
213–14

Lossky and,
50–51
,
207–8

Marxism and,
36–37

moralism and,
247

Objectivism and,
119

ontology and,
121–22
, 141–42

perception and,
204–8

reason and,
197
,
205
,
208–14

religion and,
25

social theory and,
208–12
,
214

truth and,
28–29

rationality.
See also
reason

action and,
228

articulation and,
229
,
339–40

awareness and,
228
,
229

consciousness and,
244–45
,
355–57

context and,
229–30

culture and,
343–45

egoism and,
110–11

epistemology and,
228

ethics and,
219
,
222–30
,
240–42
,
244–45
, 343–45

history and,
342

irrationality,
244–45
,
254–55
,
273–74
,
297
,
299–306
, 323, 338,
343–45

language and, 291, 292

Objectivism and,
110–11
,
355–57

philosophy and,
339–40
,
344

productive work and,
230–31
,
240–42
, 356

reason and,
156

relations and,
228–30

selfishness and,
110–11
,
235

social theory and,
245–46
,
297
,
299–306
,
344–45

society and,
343–45
,
348
,
355–57

statism and,
245
,
299–300
,
323
,
344–45

values and,
240–42

virtues and,
227–30
,
242

volition and,
228

Reagan, Ronald,
317–18
,
330

realism,
29
,
46
,
58–59
,
138
,
143–49
,
194
,
195
.
See also
ideal-realism

reason.
See also
rationality

abstraction and,
213

action and,
155–56
,
170–71
,
214

art and,
196–97

articulation and,
200–201

Atlas Shrugged
(Rand) and,
108–9
,
154–55
,
170
,
171
,
174–75

awareness and,
154–55
,
170–73
,
175
,
184–85

capitalism and,
155–56
,
261
,
268
,
271
,
336

conception and,
156–57
,
170–73

consciousness and,
154–56
,
169–73
,
182–88
,
189–91
,
196–97
,
212–14
,
240
,
254

context and,
164–65
,
172

creativity and,
170–71
,
196–97

culture and,
209–12

dialectics and,
164–65

differentiation and,
155

dualism and,
23–24
, 176–77

in education,
66
,
73–74

efficacy and,
212–14

egoism and,
261

emotions and,
31
,
168–77
,
182–88
,
189–91
,
240

entity and,
164–65

epistemology and,
144
,
145
,
154–56
,
164–65
,
169–73
, 189–91,
213–14
,
215
,
240

ethics and,
215
,
217
,
224
,
228–29
, 283

experience and,
28–29

faith and,
217

freedom and,
254

gender and,
186–88

God and,
68

good and,
355

Hayek and,
197
,
208–14

history and, 209, 211–12,
254–55
,
342

humankind and,
168–69

identity and,
154–55

Industrial Revolution and,
155–56
,
230–31

integration and,
154–55
,
156
,
164–65
,
173
,
182–88

intrinsicism and,
164–65

Kant and,
435n. 66

literature and,
196–97

logic and,
154–55

materialism and,
108–9

mind-body dichotomy and,
155–56
,
184–85

money and,
271

mysticism and,
144
,
169–70
,
175

Objectivism and,
173–77
,
189–91
,
347–48

omniscience and,
213

ontology and,
156
,
169

perception and,
145
,
154–55
,
156
,
171–72

philosophy and,
200–201
,
339–40
,
342

productive work and,
230–31
,
428n. 8

in psychology,
168–77
,
182–88

rationalism and,
197
,
205
,
208–14

rationality and,
156

realism and,
144

reification and, 155

relations and,
156
,
164–65
,
173
,
254

religion and,
97
,
154
,
169–70
,
201
,
215–16

Russian culture and,
23–24

Russian philosophy and,
26
,
38
,
170
,
186–87
,
215–16

science and,
213
,
321

sense of life and,
178

senses and,
144

sex and,
186–88

social theory and,
208–12
,
214
,
268

spirituality and,
108–9
,
170

subjectivism and,
164–65

synthesis and,
26

truth and,
26
,
28–29

as a value,
228

“Red Pawn” (Rand),
91–92

Reich, Wilhelm,
184

reification

abstraction and,
159

capitalism and,
267–68

conception and,
159

culture and,
299

dialectics and,
16
,
359

ethics and,
221

of existence,
130

fallacy of,
221

government and,
262

humankind and,
250

infatuation and,
239

Lossky and,
48

reason and,
155

social theory and,
137–38
,
250
,
267–68

values and,
221

of the zero,
126
,
128

Reisman, George,
113
,
329

relations

abstraction and,
162

action and,
156
,
222

Atlas Shrugged
(Rand) and,
106–10
,
280–81

atomism and,
58–59

attributes and,
135–36

awareness and,
173

capitalism and,
282
,
286
,
287
,
301–2

causality and,
135
,
242

circularity and,
128

conception and,
156–61
, 173

concepts and, 125,
128
,
134–37
,
161–66
,
278
,
293–96

consciousness and,
125
,
150
,
156–61
, 173,
239
,
281–82

context and,
136–37
,
163–66

contradiction and,
281

creativity and, 279

culture and,
297–98
,
301–2

definitions and,
162–66

dialectics and,
35–36
,
106–10

differentiation and,
58–59
,
162–63

dualism and,
59
,
307

emotions and,
173

entity and,
134–37
,
161–66

epistemology and,
51–52
, 117,
128
,
134–37
,
150
,
156–57
,
161–66
, 173

ethics and,
226–27
,
228–30
,
242
,
279–80

existents and,
165

external and internal contrasted,
54–61
,
161–66
,
410n. 25

faith and force and,
254–55

The Fountainhead
(Rand) and,
106
,
279–80
, 283

fragmentation and,
307

freedom and,
254

gender and,
186

history and,
166

humankind and,
249–52
,
277–78
, 279–89,
297–98

idealism and,
55

identity and,
55–57
,
58–59
,
134–37

individualism and,
249–52

individuation and,
57
,
58

integration and,
161–63

intrinsicism and,
162–66