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MacBride, Roger,
268

Machan, Tibor,
203
,
338
n38,
296

Maine, Sir Henry,
76

Mannheimer, Albert,
31
,
110
,
125

Marx, Karl,
34
,
112

Marxism,
15
–16,
35
,
61
,
72
,
200

Matthews, J. B.,
140

Matthiessen, F. O.,
137

McCarthy, Joseph,
140
,
160
,
194

Mealand, Richard,
68
,
79
–80

Memoirs of a Superfluous Man
,
87
,
94
.
See also
Nock, Albert Jay

Mencken, H. L.,
33
,
43
,
48
,
71

Meyer, Frank,
120
,
184

Mises, Ludwig von,
106
,
114
,
141
–143,
177
,
195
,
270

Mitchell, Joan,
143
,
149

Monroe, Marilyn,
194

Mont Pelerin Society,
104
,
105
,
118
,
140

Morris, Gouverneur,
27
,
33

Morris, Ruth,
38

Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals,
100
,
116
,
123
–124,
133

Mullendore, William,
101
,
102
,
117
,
120
,
131
,
176
–177

Mumford, Lewis,
45

Murray, Charles,
279

Mussolini, Benito,
49

Nathaniel Branden Institute.
See
NBI

The Nation
,
36
,
90
,
95

National Association of Manufacturers,
71
,
95
,
144

National Economic Council,
71
,
102
,
120

National Review
,
120
,
140
,
146
,
174
–178,
230
–231

National Small Businessman’s Association,
69
,
70

Nazism,
3
,
49
,
80

NBI,
179
–181,
191
,
216

     conformity within,
233
–237

     curriculum,
216
–217,
233
–236

     in New York,
214
–216,
231
–233

Neutra, Richard,
99

New Deal,
4
,
37
–38,
57

     as influence on Rand’s political views,
38
,
48
–49,
54
,
58
,
121

     libertarian arguments against,
60
,
73
–74,
77
–78,
87
,
102
–103,
115

     as literary inspiration for Rand,
69
,
70
,
79
,
93

New Left,
219
–220

New York Herald Tribune
,
48
,
55
,
75
,
81
,
89

New York Times
,
90
,
172

Newmark, Craig,
284

Niebuhr, Reinhold,
112
,
139

Nietzsche, Friedrich,
74
,
78
,
113
,
132
,
274
,
303
n4

     as influence on
The Fountainhead
,
41
–43,68,
87
,
285
16
,
22
,
25
–26,
28
,
30
,
51
,
292

     Rand’s early reading of,
16
,
22
,
25
–26,
28
,
30
,
51
,
292

Night of January
16
th
,
27
–30,
41
,
46
,
49
,
84

Nixon, Richard,
206
,
266

Nock, Albert Jay,
43
,
48
,
71
–73,
120
,
292

Norton, Gale,
268

Nozick, Robert,
270
–271

O’Connor, Frank

     acting career of,
26
,
30
,
46
,
49
,
81

     artistic career of,
161
,
222

     in Chatsworth,
107
–110,
138

     courtship of Ayn Rand,
23
–24

     importance to Ayn Rand,
69
,
109
–100,
125
–126,
196
,
249
,
276

     marriage to Ayn Rand,
26
–27,
30
–31,
46
–47,
133
,
149

     reaction to Rand’s affair,
156
–157,
227

     upbringing and character,
23
,
71
,
322
n54
30
,
31

O’Connor, Nick,
30
,
31

Objectivism,
2
,
4
,
5
.
See also
Atlas Shrugged

     as part of conservative youth culture,
202
,
205
,
252
–257

     as philosophical system,
147
–148

     as social world,
144
,
147
–149 .
See also
NBI

     controversy surrounding,
201
–202,
232

     popularity on campus,
196
–202,
217
–218,
220
–221,
254

Objectivist Forum
,
276

Objectivist Newsletter
,
194
,
204
.
See also The Objectivist

The Objectivist
,
227
,
239
,
242
,
248
,
265

Ogden, Archie,
80
,
81
,
85
,
95

Oppenheimer, Robert,
107

Ortega y Gasset, José,
43
,
303
n2,
308
n62

Our Enemy, The State
,
48
,
71
,
73

Pamphleteers,
94
,
102
,
104

Paramount Pictures,
68
,
69
,
81
,
114

Parsons, Talcott,
73

Partisan Review
,
35
,
333
n31

Passion of Ayn Rand
,
279
–280

Paterson, Isabel

     break with Rand,
129
–132,
138

     correspondence with Rand,
111
–112,
125
–130

     friendship with Rand,
74
–78,
81
–83,
89
–90,
96
,
107
,
125
–129

     as literary critic,
48
,
85
,
90
,
129
Frank,
131
,
176

     political and philosophical views,
87
–89,
109
,
112
–113,
122
,
186
,
269

Pearl Harbor,
80

Petrograd,
12
–14,
31
,
117
,
166
,
261

Petrograd State University,
14
–15

Plato,
16
,
109
,
112
,
135

Playboy
,
196

Pollock, Channing,
60
,
67
,
68
,
72
,
78
,
79

Popular Front,
35

Presley, Sharon,
200

public education,
116
,
120

racism,
205
.
See also
Rand, Ayn, views on race

Rahv, Phillip,
35

Rampart College,
253

Rand, Ayn

     altruism, critique of before and in
Fountainhead
,
3
,
33
,
61
,
83
–84,
89
,
105
–106

     altruism, critique of post-
Fountainhead
,
113
,
130
,
192
–193,
326
n8.
See also
ethical ideas of

     ambition of,
21
–22,
28
–29,
89
,
95
,
135
,
178

     anti-Communism of,
3
,
7
,
12
–13,
15
,
31
–34,
39
.
See also
Communism, HUAC

     anti-communist activism,
101
,
116
,
123
–125.
See also
Motion Picture Alliance for Preservation of American Ideals

     Aristotle, influence upon. See Aristotle

     atheism of,
13
,
29
,
128
,
138
–140,
190
–191,
203
.
See also
Rand, Ayn, views on religion

     break with Nathaniel Branden,
239
–244 .
See also
Branden, Nathaniel

     business admiration of,
69
–70,
102
–103,
168
–172

     capitalism, views on3,
35
,
39
,
63
–65,
116
,
142
,
192
.
See also Atlas Shrugged

     career in movie industry,
16
,
20
–21,
24
,
26
–27,
39
,
96
,
99
,
133

     class theory,
56
,
61
–62,
88
,
311
n38

     collectivism, critique of,
32
–33,
43
,
58
,
105
,
113
,
121

     conscription, views on,
154
,
228
–230

     creativity, ideas about,
61
–62,
84
,
180

     criminality, attraction to as metaphor,
24
,
28
,
301
n32

     democracy, views on,
39
,
44
,
56
,
63
,
65

     depression of,
18
,
24
,
69
,
178
,
181
,
276

     drug use of,
85
,
89
,
110
,
126
,
144
,
148
.
See also
Benzedrine

     elitism of,
25
,
43
,
65
,
68
,
74
,
88
,
113
,
326
n7.
See also
Atlas Shrugged

     emotional life,
5
,
17
,
23
–24,
29
,
159
,
178
.
See also
marriage of

     emotions, ideas about,
29
,
148
,
159
–160,
225
.
See also
emotionalism; psychological theories of

     estate of,
287
,
291
–293.
See also
Peikoff, Leonard

     ethical theories,
41
–43,
82
–84,
87
,
114
,
121
–123,
192
–193.
See also
Objectivism

     extended family in United States,
17
,
19
–20

     extra-marital affair with Nathaniel Branden,
155
–157,
181
,
222
–227,
239

     fan mail from readers,
1
,
37
,
91
–94,
133
–134,
168
–172,
191
,
311
n42

     final illness and death,
277
–278

     government, views on,
3
,
38
,
63
,
166
–168,
212
,
252
.
See also
Objectivism

     Hollywood, in early years,
20
–30

     homosexuality, views of,
236

     journals, editing of published versions,
291
–293

     Judaism of,
9
,
11
,
19
–20,
266
,
315
n23

     individualism of,
2

         in early years,
12
,
28
,
32

         as ethical idea,
43
,
50
,
105
–107,
172

         as political creed,
57
,
59
–65,
70
,
72
,
79
,
105
–107

     letters, editing of published versions,
291
–293

     libertarianism and,
258
–261,
267
–269.
See also
libertarianism

     man worship, theory of,
226
–227,
265

     marriage of,
26
,
31
.
See also
Frank

     misogyny of,
45
,
305
n19.
See also
theory of man worship

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