Ayn Rand Flashcards

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What was Rand’s famous novel?

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‘Atlas Shrugged’ (1957)

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What was the theme of Rand’s famous novel?

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That talented individuals, rather than ambitious governments, lay at the heart of any successful society

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What is Rand’s famous non-fiction work?

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‘The Virtue Of Selfishness’ (1964)

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What was the term ‘‘objectivism’, that Rand described in her non-fiction work, mean?

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That we should all be guided by self-interest and ‘rational self-fulfilment’

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What did Rand for her views on ‘objectivism’ become associated with?

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Atomism (the term for a society defined by millions of autonomous individuals)

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What idea did Rand’s work provide a philosophical justification for?

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The idea that society did not exist in any practical form, it was ideally just a loose collection of indecent individuals

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What justification on the New Right did Rand’s ‘objectivism’ become linked?

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‘rolling back the frontiers of the state’

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What did Rand call herself politically?

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A libertarian, both for individual and economic rights

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Why did Rand reject anarchism?

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Because she though both the free market and cultural laissez-faire needed the parameters of a small state

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Why was Rand a conservative and not an anarchist?

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She stated her connection with conservatism by claiming liberty was impossible without order and security

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Who did Rand support in the 1964 US presidential election?

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The ultra-conservative Republican Barry Goldwater

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