"Do I think that Objectivism will be the philosophy of the future? I would say yes, but..."--Ayn Rand to Playboy Magazine, 1964.
"My views will probably be the norm in the future, but not right now."--Ayn Rand to Johnny Carson, 1967.
Will they? "The Age of Rand" 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, "Atlas Shrugged" and "The Fountainhead." Every year, more commentators debate those ideas, often heatedly.
Frederick Cookinham asks questions no author has asked...
"Do I think that Objectivism will be the philosophy of the future? I would say yes, but..."--Ayn Rand to Playboy Magazine, 1964.
Excitement? Dreams and goals? Glamor? Escape? Danger? Romance? Artistically planned parks, zoos and museums? Shopping? Ohmygod skyscrapers and bridges?
Gershwins Rhapsody in Blue?
From Aristotle to Ayn Rand, writers have analyzed and gloried in cities as the greatest expression of Man the rational builder and inventor. Architecture, especially, makes the city the temple of Rational Man.
Frederick Cookinham is a New York City tour guide, specializing in New Yorks colonial and Revolutionary history and in...
WHO SAYS SECULAR PEOPLE CANT BE SPIRITUAL?
What do cities mean to you?
Excitement? Dreams and goals? Glamor? Escape? Danger? Ro...
