Russian Writings on Hollywood History

Russian Writings on Hollywood HistoryBy Ayn Rand Edited by Michael S. Berliner Translated by Dina Schein Federman Ayn Rand was a powerful writer and a passionate valuer. This book is a glimpse into Ayn Rand's literary beginnings and into her values as a young woman in Russia. It features two newly discovered works of hers, a booklet on Hollywood and a biography of a movie star, neither of which has ever before been published in English. Trapped in the totalitarian dictatorship of Soviet

is it morally proper to use biological

and objective yardstick for identifying the giants of tomorrow

Consider Chapter 11

the derivation of the Objectivist ethics and politics from its metaphysics and epistemology

exposition

masculinity and femininity

Written presentation

One of the most insidious techniques for undercutting conceptual thinking is that of the "package-deal" - the attempt to integrate opposites by blurring their essential differences

facts determine methods—facts about sources of

do-or-die character of the alternative between good and evil dictates the absolutism of Ayn Rand's moral code

is the belief that love is a matter of 'the heart

Rand’s view of her purpose in life