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Ominous Parallels

By Leonard Peikoff

By Leonard Peikoff

By Leonard Peikoff

By Leonard Peikoff

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Category: Philosophy | Politics

Category: Philosophy | Politics

Paperback $24.00

Jun 01, 1983 | ISBN 9780452011175

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Jun 01, 1983 | ISBN 9781101147559

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    About Ominous Parallels

    Ayn Rand chose Leonard Peikoff to be her successor as the spokesman for Objectivism. And in this brilliantly reasoned, thought-provoking work we learn why, as he demonstrates how far America has been detoured from its original path and led down the same road that Germany followed to Nazism. Self-sacrifice, Oriental mysticism, racial “truth,” the public good, doing one’s duty—these are among the seductive catch-phrases that Leonard Peikoff dissects, examining the kind of philosophy they symbolize, the type of thinking that lured Germany to its doom and that he says is now prevalent in the United States. Here is a frightening look at where America may be heading, a clarion call for all who are concerned about preserving our right to individual freedom.

    About Ominous Parallels

    Ayn Rand chose Leonard Peikoff to be her successor as the spokesman for Objectivism. And in this brilliantly reasoned, thought-provoking work we learn why, as he demonstrates how far America has been detoured from its original path and led down the same road that Germany followed to Nazism. Self-sacrifice, Oriental mysticism, racial “truth,” the public good, doing one’s duty—these are among the seductive catch-phrases that Leonard Peikoff dissects, examining the kind of philosophy they symbolize, the type of thinking that lured Germany to its doom and that he says is now prevalent in the United States. Here is a frightening look at where America may be heading, a clarion call for all who are concerned about preserving our right to individual freedom.

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    Also by Leonard Peikoff

    The Cause of Hitler's Germany
    The DIM Hypothesis
    Objective Communication
    Understanding Objectivism
    The Journals of Ayn Rand
    See all books by Leonard Peikoff

    About Leonard Peikoff

    Leonard Peikoff is the preeminent Ayn Rand scholar writing today. He worked closely with Rand in New York City for 30 years and was designated by her as heir to her estate. He has taught philosophy at several places, including Hunter… More about Leonard Peikoff

    About Leonard Peikoff

    Leonard Peikoff is the preeminent Ayn Rand scholar writing today. He worked closely with Rand in New York City for 30 years and was designated by her as heir to her estate. He has taught philosophy at several places, including Hunter… More about Leonard Peikoff

    Product Details

    Category: Philosophy | Politics

    Paperback | $24.00
    Published by Plume
    Jun 01, 1983 | 352 Pages | 5-5/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780452011175

    Category: Philosophy | Politics

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Plume
    Jun 01, 1983 | 352 Pages | ISBN 9781101147559

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    Praise for Leonard Peikoff
     
    “Offers a truly revolutionary idea…The book is clear, tight, disciplined, beautifully structured, and brilliantly reasoned. Its style is clear and hard as crystal—and as sparkling… As to my personal reaction, I can express it best by paraphrasing a line from Atlas Shrugged: ‘It’s so wonderful to see a great, new, crucial achievement which is not mine!’”—Ayn Rand
     
    “Extraordinarily perceptive…frightening insights…Everyone concerned with the collectivist trend in today’s world should read this book.”—Alan Greenspan
     
    “A fascinating weave of German history, philosophic determinism, and Objectivist polemic.”—Chicago Tribune

    “A revelation…Peikoff is an extraordinary communicator…He brings the most difficult intellectual ideas within the grasp of the general reader.”—Detroit Free Press 

    Table Of Contents

    The Ominous Parallels – Leonard Peikoff Introduction by Ayn Rand
    Part One: Theory
    1. The Cause of Nazism
    2. The Totalitarian Universe
    3. Hitler’s War Against Reason
    4. The Ethics of Evil
    5. The Nation of the Enlightenment
    6. Kant Versus America
    Part Two: Practice
    7. United They Fell
    8. The Emotionalist Republic
    9. The Nazi Synthesis
    10. The Culture of Hatred
    11. The Killers Take Over
    12. Hitler in Power
    13. The Concentration Camps
    14. America Reverses Direction
    15. Convulsion and Paralysis
    16. “A Republic – If You Can Keep It”
    References
    Index

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