- Paperback: 64 pages
- Publisher: Standard Publications, Inc (6 Sep 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1604240733
- ISBN-13: 978-1604240733
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.3 x 0.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (121 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 679,943 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Rand was a Russian born American author who pioneered the philosophy of "objectivism". Anthem is a futuristic science fiction novella. Man is in a dark age, because of earlier socialistic values. Technology is carefully planned and rarely allowed to advance. Individualism has almost ceased to exist. The theme of individualism versus collectivism runs throughout the novella.
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Ayn Rand (1905–1982), was a Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. She is known for her two best-selling novels and for developing a philosophical system she called Objectivism. Born and educated in Russia, Rand emigrated to the United States in 1926. She worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood and had a play produced on Broadway in 1935–1936. She first achieved fame in 1943 with her novel The Fountainhead, which in 1957 was followed by her best-known work, the philosophical novel Atlas Shrugged. Rand's political views, reflected in both her fiction and her theoretical work, emphasize individual rights (including property rights) and laissez-faire capitalism, enforced by a constitutionally limited government. She was a fierce opponent of all forms of collectivism and statism, including fascism, communism, socialism, and the welfare state, and promoted ethical egoism while rejecting the ethic of altruism. She considered reason to be the only means of acquiring knowledge and the most important aspect of her philosophy, stating, "I am not primarily an advocate of capitalism, but of egoism; and I am not primarily an advocate of egoism, but of reason. If one recognizes the supremacy of reason and applies it consistently, all the rest follows."
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
_Anthem_ was the first Rand book I ever read, and introduced me to the author who was to become my favorite. I had already read _1984_ and _Brave New World_ by that time, and I'd say that _Anthem's_ depiction of the triumph of the individual is much more inspiring and intriguing than the above works, and it comes via a very un-Rand-like economy of words. This was, to me, a quite different presentation of her philosophy than her other fiction works.
I was prompted to write this review after reading someone else's review, where _Anthem_ was deemed unoriginal in comparison to Orwell's _1984_. Please note that 1984 was written in 1948, whereas Anthem was written in 1937. Personally, I think they are both good books (but I'd rank Orwell's _Animal Farm_ over _1984,_ and both below _Anthem_).
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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"1984" is a great novel. No question.
But "Anthem", albeit shorter in length and far well less known, is, I think, its equal, in its portrayl of a frightening future and a possible one.
Once you get past Rand's narrative style in the text-although that is driven by the story-it is complusive reading. The future it predicts is both unbelievable and immediately logical. Read it, you won't regret it, and you won't forget you ever did.
But "Anthem", albeit shorter in length and far well less known, is, I think, its equal, in its portrayl of a frightening future and a possible one.
Once you get past Rand's narrative style in the text-although that is driven by the story-it is complusive reading. The future it predicts is both unbelievable and immediately logical. Read it, you won't regret it, and you won't forget you ever did.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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The story is right out of George Orwell's 1984, but from a literary standpoint, I was impressed by Ayn Rand's wonderful use of personal pronouns to tell the story. Never seen this anywhere else. The personal pronoun, "I", was not used until the main character "found" himself free of the burdens of the collective society. Imagine writing a book in the first person perspective and not use the word "I"!
This book is easy reading and generates an appreciation of personal freedom and what it is to earn that feeling of freedom. I definitely recommend this book--doesn't take long to read and you may find yourself reading it several times, enjoying it more each time. Enjoy!
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An interesting allegory
Ayn Rand's second book - after We the Living (Penguin Modern Classics) - is more of a novella than a novel. But it resonates with all the power of an epic work. Read more
Published 10 months ago by David P. Kessler
Anthem. So different.
I really like this book that puts socialism to the extreme. I like that the idea that the world could have been shaped like this, but no one can restrain people truly to not think... Read more
Published 11 months ago by LouiseV
Long lost love
Well, Ayn really spoke to my heart - passages of the book I could have written myself sitting in RS or writing essays or reading 1984. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Mr. M. J. Semple
Embarrassing
How has Ayn Rand become so popular of late? I bought this book as I am a fan of the whole dystopia genre, but this is possibly not only the worst book of that genre which I have... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Brett Charlton
Allegory writ large
Reasons to read this? File alongside "Brave New World" and "1984", as all three texts were written within 20 years of each other. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Mr. Robert Jones
We hold these truths to be self evident...
Equality 7-2521 who speaks of himself in the first person plural makes a few discoveries that lead him to rethink the nature and purpose of man. Read more
Published 22 months ago by bernie
Classic Dystopian Novella
This is my first Ayn Rand book and knowing she is a strong philosophical writer I wasn't sure that her writing would be my thing. Read more
Published on 10 Jan 2010 by Alison
A classic of art and philosophy
'Anthem' is a novella that describes the fight of a rebellious inventor and the woman he loves to achieve independence from the dull conformity and anti-rational hegemony of a... Read more
Published on 4 Oct 2009 by G. Imroth
Sheer poetry
While this novella is set in a dark time and place in the not-so-distant future, it glows with such beauty that I come close to rapture whenever I re-read it. Read more
Published on 14 July 2007 by J. A. Eyon
Avoid like the plague it is
I bought this on the strength of the Rush album 2112 which was supposedly inspired by this book. I am now ashamed to have liked the record. Read more
Published on 14 Feb 2006 by J. D. Ritchie
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