Ayn Rand, φιλόσοφος και συγγραφέας, ένα από τα άτομα που σημάδεψαν με τα γραπτά τους τον 20 αιώνα. Από τους υπερασπιστές της ατομικότητας σε μια εποχή όπου ο κολεκτιβισμός και οι ολοκληρωτικές θεωρίες έκαναν θραύση.
Εδώ θα βρείτε online ένα από τα μυθιστορήματα της, το Anthem, από το οποίο έχει επιρροές o δίσκος 2112 των Rush.
- Anthem has long been hailed as one of Ayn Rand's classic novels, and a clear predecessor to her later masterpieces, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. In Anthem, Rand examines a frightening, dystopian future in which individuals have no name, no independence, and no values. Equality 7-2521 lives in the dark ages of the future where all decisions are made by committee, all people live in collectives, and all traces of individualism have been wiped out. Despite such a restrictive environment, the spark of individual thought and freedom still burns in him--a passion which he has been taught to call sinful. In a purely egalitarian world, Equality 7-2521 dares to stand apart from the herd--to think and choose for himself, to discover electricity, and to love the woman of his choice. Now he has been marked for death for committing the ultimate sin. In a world where the great "we" reign supreme, he has rediscovered the lost and holy word--"I."
- Anthem
"The massive grey walls of the Temples rise from the heart of every Federation city. I have always been awed by them, to think that every single facet of every life is regulated and directed from within! Our books, our music, our work and play are all looked after by the benevolent wisdom of the priests..." Rush - Temples of Syrinx
"Socialism is the doctrine that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that his life and his work do not belong to him, but belong to society, that the only justification of his existence is his service to society, and that society may dispose of him in any way it pleases for the sake of whatever it deems to be its own tribal, collective good." - Ayn Rand
Ενδιαφέροντα links:
Η ζωή και η φιλοσοφία της Ayn Rand: Οι βασικές αρχές του αντικειμενισμού. - Φ. Περλικός
Ayn Rand Institude
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"Both 'socialism' and 'fascism' involve the issue of property rights. The right to property is the right of use and disposal. Observe the difference in those two theories: socialism negates private property rights altogether, and advocates the 'vesting of ownership and control' in the community as a whole, i.e., in the state; fascism leaves ownership in the hands of private individuals, but transfers control of the property to the government. Ownership without control is a contradiction in terms: it means 'property,' without the right to use it or to dispose of it. It means that the citizens retain the responsibility of holding property, without any of its advantages, while the government acquires all the advantages without any of the responsibility. In this respect, socialism is the more honest of the two theories. I say 'more honest,' not better - because, in practice, there is no difference between them: both come from the same collectivist-statist principle, both negate individual rights and subordinate the individual to the collective, both deliver the livelihood and the lives of the citizens into the power of an omnipotent government - and the differences between them are only a matter of time, degree, and superficial detail, such as the choice of slogans by which the rulers delude their enslaved subjects." - Ayn Rand
Να προστέσω άλλο ένα ενδιαφέρον άρθρο για την Ayn Rand στα ελληνικά:
Ayn Rand, αποθέωση του ανθρώπου - Χ. Ροϊλός
http://www.geocities.com/roilos/ke5.htm
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