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Anthem

by Ayn Rand

At some unspecified future date, Mankind has entered another dark age as a result of what Rand saw as the weaknesses of socialistic thinking and economics. Anthem is a dystopic science fiction story. Technological advancement is now carefully planned (when it is allowed to occur, if at all) and the concept of individuality has been eliminated (for example, the word “I” has disappeared from the language). As is common in her work, Rand draws a clear distinction between the “socialist/communal” values of equality and brotherhood and the “productive/capitalist” values of achievement and individuality. The story also parallels Stalinist Russia, which was currently going on at the time as the story was published.

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English

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English

Published In

1938

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United States, Russia

Ayn Rand was a Russian-American writer and philosopher. She was born and the name given to her was Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum (Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум). Born and educated in Russia, she moved to th...

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