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This book is Ayn Rand's call to American youth to reject the tribal, conventional irrationality of the New Left and

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English Pages 204 [212] Year 1971

Table of contents :
CONTENTS
Foreword.vii
1. The Cashing-In: The Student “Rebellion” - 13
2. Apollo and Dionysus... 57
3. The Left: Old andNew...t..i 82
4. From a Symposium.96
5. “Political” Crimes.......i- 99
6. The Chickens’ Homecoming--.(..,. .i.... 102
7. The “Inexplicable Personal Alchemy” ......... 114
8. The Anti-Industrial Revolution ......---127
9. The Comprachicos .'........................ 152

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SIGNET NON-FICTION • Y4770 • $1.25

AYN RAND THE NEW LEFT: THE ANTI INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

FIRST PUBLICATION IN BOOK FORM i

“Ideas cannot be fought except by means of better ideas. The battle consists not of opposing, but of exposing; not of denounc¬ ing, but of disproving; not of evading, but of boldly proclaiming a full, consistent and radical alternative In this powerful, uncompromising work, Ayn Rand cuts through the confusion surrounding modem collectivist thought and reveals the New Left as it really is. For the first time, a clear definition is given to the many forms of the move¬ ment, from hippie-ism to activism; its origins and nature are analyzed and placed in historical and philosophical perspective. Ayn Rand builds a superbly reasoned case against the New Left and its ultimate source: modem education. The last essay in this book, “The Comprachicos,” is a truly horrifying indict¬ ment that should be read by every educa¬ tor in the country. Published at the request of a college student, THE NEW LEFT: THE ANTI¬ INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION ad¬ dresses itself direcdy to the young and offers them a radically new alternative. Here is an important addition to the body of works that have established Ayn Rand as one of the seminal thinkers of our time.

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