{"product_id":"9780595798544","title":"THE AGE OF RAND: IMAGINING AN OBJECTIVIST FUTURE WORLD","description":"\"Do I think that Objectivism will be the philosophy of the future? I would say yes, but \"-Ayn Rand to \u003ci\u003ePlayboy Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, 1964.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"My views will probably be the norm in the future, but not right now.\"-Ayn Rand to Johnny Carson, 1967.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWill they? \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Rand\u003c\/i\u003e describes what Ayn Rand's philosophy, Objectivism, will mean in practice-for good and ill. Rand expressed her controversial ideas in her best-selling novels, \u003ci\u003eAtlas Shrugged\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Fountainhead\u003c\/i\u003e. Every year, more commentators debate those ideas, often heatedly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrederick Cookinham asks questions no author has asked before:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWould Objectivists destroy the environment in favor of rampant development?\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy will Objectivist civilization be built on the oceans and in space?\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIs Objectivism a \"Nietzschean Superman\" philosophy?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAyn Rand often said, \"Check your premises, and watch your implications!\" Explore, in \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Rand\u003c\/i\u003e, the astounding implications of this fast-growing and provocative new system of ideas. Some philosophy will dominate this new century-be prepared if it turns out to be Ayn Rand's.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Frederick Cookinham has written something of great worth to thousands who have been affected by Rand's work.\"-Andrea Millen Rich, Laissez Faire Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123892764912,"sku":"9780595798544","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780595798544_p0.jpg?v=1763723908","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780595798544","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}