Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right (68 page)

Read Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right Online

Authors: Jennifer Burns

Tags: #Biography & Autobiography, #General, #Philosophy, #Movements

BOOK: Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right
10.65Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub

     name change from Alisa Rosenbaum to Ayn Rand,
19
,
301
n22

     NBI and,
196
,
222
.
See also
NBI

     non-fiction of,
16
,
59

         
Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
,
228
–229

         
For the New Intellectual
,
192
–194

         
Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology
,
227
,
250

         
Manifesto of Individualism
,
60
–66,
68
,
70
–71,
83
–84,
106
,
113

         
Moral Basis of Individualism
,
106
,
111
,
114
,
123

         
The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution
,
250
.
See also
environmentalism

         
The Romantic Manifesto
,
250

         
Textbook of Americanism
,
118
–119,
120

         
The Virtue of Selfishness
,
210
–213

     non-initiation principle,
118
,
212

     novels of.
See Anthem, Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, We the Living

     parodies of,
282
–283

     patriotism of,
63
,
261

     philosophical writings, early efforts,
29
,
41

     philosophy of, after development of Objectivism,
186
,
211
,
250
,
336
n7.
See also
Objectivism

     plays of.
See Night of January
16
th

     political views,
69
,
79
,
204
–209.
See also
Goldwater, Barry; New Deal

     psychological ideas,
40
,
42
,
153
–154 .
See also
Nathaniel Branden

     race, views on,
44
,
205
–206,
304
n14,
329
n42,
292

     reason, early attraction to,
13
,
29
,
68
,
78
,
84

     reason, mature interest in,
100
,
113
–114,
148
,
158
,
186

     religion, views on,
29
,
42
,
43
,
83
,
129
,
190
–191.
See also
atheism of

     resentment, theory of
13
,
46
,
172

     rights, theory of,
61
,
118
,
120
–123,
128
,
141
,
145
,
211
.
See also
Rose Wilder Lane

     romantic relationships before marriage of,
17
–18,
22

     Russia,
34
,
39
,
43
,
50
,
65

         early life in,
2
,
9
–19,

         emigration from,
17
–20

         as influence upon political views,
35
–36,
38
,
49
,
117

         as literary inspiration,
31

     Russian Revolution,
1
,
15
,
18
,
31
,
135

     screenplays of,
27
,
96
,
107

     sexuality, views of,
22
,
86
,
148
,
153
–154,
156
,
224
–227,
325
n42.
See also
feminism; rape

     social life of,
11
,
13
,
21
,
30
.
See also
Collective

     temper of,
222
,
238
,
265

     university education of,
15
–16

     unpublished fiction,
22
,
24
–25

     Vietnam, critique of,
228
–230

         writer’s block,
47
–48,
51
,
158
–160

Random House,
161
–162,
165

rape, ctional depiction of,
28
,
86

Read, Leonard,
101
–102,
115
–120,
132
,
141

Reagan, Ronald,
144
,
209
,
275

Reason
,
272

Rehnquist, William,
205

Reisman, George,
152
,
183
–184

Republican Party,
37
,
52
–54

RKO Radio Pictures,
26
,
27

Road to Serfdom
,
103
–106,
112

Robespierre,
85

Robinson, Elsie,
36

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano,
37
–39,
48
–49,
53
–58,
94

Rorty, Richard,
280

Rosenbaum, Anna,
9
–12,
18
,
22
,
26
,
35
,
47
,
123

Rosenbaum, Natasha,
12
,
18
,
123

Rosenbaum, Nora,
12
,
18
,
123
,
273
–274

Rosenbaum, Zinovy,
9
–12,
18
,
47

Rothbard, Murray.
See also
Circle Bastiat

     break with Rand,
177
,
182
–184

     first meeting with Rand,
144
–145,
151
–153

     in libertarian movement,
218
,
256
–257,
268
,
337
n24

Rukavina, Mary Ann,
143
.
See also
Sures, Mary Ann

Ryskind, Morrie,
131

Schumpeter, Joseph,
72

Sciabarra, Chris,
291

Selfi shness.
See
Rand, Ayn, ethical theory of

Shakespeare, Monroe,
70
,
95

SIL.
See
Society for Individual Liberty

Simon, William,
279

Simons, Henry,
103

The Simpsons
,
282

Smith, Adam,
64
–65,

Snyder, Carl,
63
–64,
78

Social Security,
122

socialism,
34
,
45
,
49
,
60
,
142

Society for Individual Liberty,
257
–258,
266

Sokolsky, George,
69

Solzhenitsyn, Alexander,
273

Soviet New Economic Plan,
14
,
16

Spencer, Herbert,
16
,
73
,
73
–74,
76
,
118

Spengler, Oswald,
43
,
304
n13

Spiritual Mobilization,
102

St. Petersburg,
10
.
See also
Petrograd

Stalin, Joseph,
85

Steinbeck, John,
95

Stigler, George,
116
–118

Strachnov, Marie,
123

Strong, Anna Louis,
36

Sullivan, Louis,
44

Sumner, William Graham,
73
–74,
76
,
87
,
88
–89

Sures, Mary Ann,
216
,
243
,
276

Sutton, Mimi,
31

Swanson, Gloria,
71

Taft, Robert,
120
,
145

Taft-Hartley Act,
102

Tennessee Valley Authority.
See
TVA

Thompson, Dorothy,
101

Thus Spoke Zarathustra
,
22
.
See also
Nietzsche, Friedrich

totalitarianism,
3
,
59
,
61
,
79
,
88
,
106
,
112

Truman, Harry,
102

Tuccille, Jerome,
205
,
232
,
252
,
261

Turner, Ted,
214

TVA,
52

University of Chicago,
103
,
178
,
270
,
314
n11

Vidal, Gore,
193

Vidor, King,
100
,
133

Villard, Oswald Garrison,
95

Volker Fund,
103
,
104
,
115
,
141
,
218

Wales, Jimmy,
284

Wallace, Henry,
55

Wallace, Mike,
2
,
190
,
195
–196

Wallis, Hal,
99
,
107
,
110
–111,
115
,
135

Walsh, George,
185
,
243

Warner Brothers,
96
,
99
,
100
,
133

Watkins, Ann,
52
,
68

Wayne, John,
100

We
,
50

We the Living
,
17
,
27
,
46
,

     film and theater adaptations,
49
,
303
n67,
306
n31

     publication and reviews,
31
–34,
36
–39

     Rand’s 1967 revisions,
188
,
308
n65,
325
n42

Weidman, Barbara. See Branden, Barbara

Welch, Robert. See John Birch Society

Willkie, Wendell

     influence of campaign on Rand,
62
–63,
65
,
78
,
93
,
105

     presidential campaign of,
53
–57,
72
,

Whole Earth Catalog
,
262

Wikipedia,
284

Wilder, Laura Ingalls,
119

Wilson, Millie,
109

Wilson, Rosalie,
109

Wollstein, Jarrett,
221
,
250

Woods, Al,
28
,
30
,
35
,
41

Wortham, Anne,
250

Wright, Evan,
110

Wright, Frank Lloyd,
44
,
50
,
52
,
114
–115,
292

Wynand, Patrecia,
223
–225,
239
–241,
248
,
277

YAF,
202
–203,
222
,
253
–256

Yale University,
196

Young Americans for Freedom.
See
YAF

Zamyatin, Evgeny,
50

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Introduction

PART I: THE EDUCATION OF AYN RAND, 1905 – 1943

1. From Russia to Roosevelt
2. Individualists of the World, Unite!
3. A New Credo of Freedom

PART II: FROM NOVELIST TO PHILOSOPHER, 1944 – 1957

4. The Real Root of Evil
5. A Round Universe

PART III: WHO IS JOHN GALT? 1957 – 1968

6. Big Sister Is Watching You
7. Radicals for Capitalism
8. Love Is Exception Making

PART IV: LEGACIES

9. It Usually Begins with Ayn Rand
Epilogue: Ayn Rand in American Memory

Acknowledgments

Essay on Sources

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Other books

Beach Strip by John Lawrence Reynolds
The Archivist by Martha Cooley
Out of Mind by Stella Cameron
Cinco semanas en globo by Julio Verne
The Alpha's Captive by Jarrett, A. J.
The Tapestry in the Attic by Mary O'Donnell
Her Bear In Mind by Amor, Maria