Essays on Ayn Rand's 'We the Living'

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<span><span><span>Ayn Rand remains a truly significant figure of modern philosophy. Her unique vision of a world in which man, relying on reason, acts wholly for his own good is skillfully developed and illustrated in her most famous novels,</span><span>Atlas Shrugged</span><span>and</span><span>The Fountainhead</span><span>. But Rand's first novel,</span><span> We the Living</span><span>, a lesser-known but no less important book, offers an early form of the author's nascent philosophythe philosophy Rand later called Objectivism.</span></span><br><span></span><br><span><span>In the second edition, Robert Mayhew once again brings together pre-eminent scholars of Rand's writing. The edition includes three new chapters, as well as an epilogue by renowned Rand-scholar Leonard Peikoff. In part a history of</span><span>We the Living</span><span>, from its earliest drafts to the Italian film later based upon it, Mayhew's collection goes on to explore the enduring significance of Rand's first novel as a work both of philosophy and of literature. For Ayn Rand scholars and fans alike, this enhanced second edition is a compelling examination of a novel that set the tone for some of the most influential philosophical literature to follow.</span></span><br><span></span></span>

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<span><span><span>Robert Mayhew</span><span> is professor of philosophy at Seton Hall University.</span></span><br><span></span></span>

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