Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged A Philosophical and Literary Companion Edited by EDWARD W. YOUNKINS Wheeling Jesuit University, USA ASHGATE Contents Figure ix List of Contributors xi Preface xvii Introduction 1 Part 1: An Overview 1 Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand's Philosophical 9 and Literary Masterpiece Edward W. Younkins 2 Atlas Shrugged: Manifesto for a New Radicalism 23 Chris Matthew Sciabarra 3 The Aristotelian Significance of the Section Titles of Atlas Shrugged 33 Douglas B. Rasmussen 4 Various Levels of Meaning in the Chapter Titles 47 of Atlas Shrugged Fred Seddon 5 Some Structural Aspects of Atlas Shrugged 57 Lester H. Hunt 6 Table of Contents for Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged 63 Hans Gregory Schantz Part 2: Philosophy 7 Atlas Shrugged" s Moral Principle of the 75 Sanction of the Victim Tibor R. Machan vi A Philosophical and Literary Companion 8 Forced to Rule: Atlas Shrugged as a Response 89 to Plato's Republic Roderick T. Long 9 The Role and Essence of John Gait's Speech in 99 Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged G. Stolyarov II 10 Gait's Gulch as a Paradigm of Aristotle's Eudaimonia 107 Michelle Fram Cohen Part 3: Literary Aspects 11 Ayn Rand's Cinematic Eye 119 Mind Reisel Gladstein 12 Atlas Shrugged as a Science Fiction Novel 131 JeffRiggenbach 13 Ayn Rand's Recasting of Ancient Myths 141 in Atlas Shrugged Kirsti Minsaas Part 4: Aesthetics 14 Atlas and Art 153 Ronald F. Lipp 15 My Music: Why It's Romantic, and Why I Write It That Way 167 Roger E. Bissell 16 Fuel for the Soul 177 Russell Madden Part 5: Political Economy 17 The Economics of Atlas Shrugged 189 Peter J. Boettke 18 Atlas, Ayn, and Anarchy: A is A is A 199 Larry J. Sechrest 19 The Businessman and Ayn Rand: Gait's Gulch in Real Time 207 Spencer Heath MacCallum 20 Ayn Rand's "Atlantis" as a Free Market Economy 217 Sam Bostaph Contents vii 21 Atlas Shrugged and Public Choice: The Obvious Parallels 225 Bryan Caplan 22 Francisco d'Anconia on Money: A Socio-Economic Analysis 235 Steven Horwitz 23 Human Productivity in Atlas Shrugged 247 Jack Criss Part 6: Human Relationships 24 Dagny and Me 253 Karen Michalson 25 Atlas Shrugged: The Dream of Every Woman 261 Joy Bushnell 26 Friendship in Atlas Shrugged 273 Peter Saint-Andre 27 Romantic Love in Atlas Shrugged 283 Jennifer L. Iannolo 28 Beyond the "Stillborn Aspiration": 289 Virtuous Sexuality in Atlas Shrugged Susan Love Brown Part 7: Characterization 29 The Price of Passivity: Hank Rearden's Mind-Body Dichotomy 305 Virginia Murr 30 Hugh Akston, the Role of Teaching, 311 and the Lessons of Atlas Shrugged Ken Schoolland and Stuart K. Hayashi 31 When the Train Left the Station, with Two Lights on Behind: 323 The Eddie Willers Story Robert L. Campbell 32 In the Beginning was the Thought: The Story of the Wet Nurse 335 Jomana Krupinski 33 The Destruction from the Nihilism Train: The Cherryl Brooks Story 341 Jennifer J. Rhodes 34 The Robert Stadler Story: The Moral Fall of a Man Who Knew Better 345 Edward W. Younkins viii A Philosophical and Literary Companion Part 8: History 35 Atlas and "the Bible": Rand's Debt to Isabel Paterson 351 Stephen Cox 36 A Note on Rand's Americanism 361 Douglas J. Den Uyl 37 The Non Fictional Robert Stadlers: Traitors to Liberty 377 Walter Block 38 Atlas Shrugging Throughout History and Modern Life 391 Stuart K. Hayashi Index 407.