 RoR in Florida at Merritt Island
Saturday, January 21, 2006, 6:00 PM
Tonight's meeting seeks to fill the mental needs of participants for useful knowledge.
Ayn Rand examined the New Left at the height of its hysteria when she wrote The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution. Peter Schwartz updated the second edition with a new title: Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution. Tonight's discussion focuses on the Introduction, Foreword and initial essay of that book, "The Cashing-In: The Student 'Rebellion'."
Learn to use this information to unify the spirit, emotions, mind and body of your authentic Self. As usual, we will have dinner at Applebee's following the discussion.
When: Saturday, January 21, 2006, 6:00 PM
Where: Barnes and Noble Booksellers, 780 E Merritt Island Cswy, Merritt Island, FL 32952, (321) 453-8202
Shared Inquiry Questions for "Introduction," "Foreword" and "The Cashing-In: The Student 'Rebellion'" in Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution
Interpretive Questions
Why did Peter Schwartz change the title for the second edition of this book from The New Left to Return of the Primitive?
Why does Ayn Rand contend that the "central theme and basic ideology of all the activists is: anti-ideology"?
Distinguish between what the student activists mean by "rights" and what Ayn Rand means by "rights."
Distinguish the meaning of "civil disobedience" when each of the following persons uses the key term: Martin Luther King, Jr.; Mario Savio; Ayn Rand
Evaluative Questions
Evaluate the Introduction.
Evaluate the Foreword.
Do you agree with Ayn Rand that the activists are "fully, literally, loyally, devastatingly the products of modern philosophy"?
Do you agree with Ayn Rand that "compromise does not satisfy, but dissatisfies everybody"?
Do you agree with Ayn Rand that the purpose of the student rebels aimed "to condition the country to accept force as the means of settling political controversies"?
Which of your values did these essays undermine or reinforce?
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