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Objectively speaking : Ayn Rand interviewed / edited by Marlene Podritske and Peter Schwartz.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Podritske, Marlene, 1948-
Schwartz, Peter, 1949-
Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Rand, Ayn--Interviews.
Rand, Ayn.
Genre:
Interviews.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (282 p.)
Distribution:
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2009.
Place of Publication:
Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, ©2009.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
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.
Contents:
Beginnings : a Russian emigre's first interviews (1932-1949)
"Russian girl jeers at U.S. for depression complaint," Oakland Tribune, 1932
"True picture of Russian girls' love life tragic," Boston Post, 1936
"The woman of tomorrow," WJZ radio, 1949
On campus : Ayn Rand talks with future intellectuals (1962-1966)
Objectivism versus conservatism
The campaign against "extremism"
The "robber-barons"
Myths of capitalism
The political structure of a free society
The American Constitution
Objective law
The role of a free press
Education
Romantic literature
Romanticism versus naturalism
The visual arts
Cyrano de Bergerac
Favorites in art
The nature of humor
The foundations of morality
Altruism
Individual rights
The ethics of objectivism
On television and radio : Ayn Rand in America's living rooms (1959-1981)
"The Mike Wallace interview," ABC-TV, 1959
For the intellectual, University of Michigan television, with Professor James McConnell, 1961
The Tonight show with Johnny Carson, NBC-TV, August 1967
The Tonight show with Johnny Carson, NBC-TV, October 1967
Speaking freely with Edwin Newman, NBC-TV, 1972
Day and night, a television program hosted by James Day, 1974
Focus on youth, a radio show hosted by Garth R. Ancier, 1976
The Raymond Newman journal, a radio show, 1980
Louis Rukeyser's Business journal, 1981.
Notes:
Includes index.
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
ISBN:
979-82-16-41523-7
1-9787-7687-X
1-282-47899-0
9786612478994
0-7391-3196-6
OCLC:
311302102

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