A Companion to Ayn Rand

The first publication to offer a serious academic study of Rand’s often marginalized corpus, this comprehensive companion provides critical analysis of her prolific and iconoclastic writings, including her novels, her political commentary, and the essays in which she laid out her philosophy of Objectivism.

• The first publication to provide a wide-ranging critical commentary for an academic readership on Rand’s varied and challenging output
• Contains chapters by many of the leading experts in Rand’s thought
• Provides informed contextual analysis for scholars in a variety of disciplines
• Features original research on unpublished material and drafts from the Rand archives in California
• Features insightful and fair-minded interpretations of Rand’s controversial beliefs