Ayn Rand
Also known as
- Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum
Ayn Rand (, – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum , was a Russia-born American novelist, philosopher, playwright and screenwriter. She is widely known for her best-selling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and for developing a philosophical system called Objectivism.
Rand advocated rational individualism and laissez-faire capitalism, categorically rejecting socialism, altruism, and religion. Her ideas remain both influential and controversial.
Rand was born in Saint...
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