Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit - 50th Anniversary of Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" [Druckversion]
50th Anniversary of Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged"
Katrin Bannach, FNSt South Asia addresses the gathering
On October, 12 Liberty Institute and the Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit celebrated the 50th Anniversary of Ayn Rand’s most influential book, Altas Shrugged, in Delhi. In the US it is considered to be the book, after the bible that had an impact on the readers. With Atlas Shrugged Ayn Rand pleaded the case for freedom and independent thinking by writing fiction.
50th Anniversary of Ayn Rand
Barun Mitra, Managing Trustee, Liberty Institute
Rand has connected some highly abstract arguments for libertarianism to reality by building a model of what the ideas would look like if you put them into practice. Atlas Shrugged is not only shocking and inspiring, but it provides millions of readers with arguments to challenge the errors of collectivist government.
Her political philosophy is in the classical liberal tradition, with its emphasis upon individualism, capitalism, the constitutional protection of individual rights to life, liberty, and property, and limited government. She dramatises the failure of socialism, which she has experienced herself growing up in Russia. At the same time she emphasizes the importance of technological advancement for the advancement of human kind. It is based in individual rationality and creativity – for which you need freedom - and not for example on a five years plan.
In Delhi discussions and the screening of “Ayn Rand speaks for herself (1974)” attracted 50 people. The same night events were held in Bombay and Hyderabad and within the next two weeks three other events in Calcutta (Oct 16), Bangalore (Oct 31) and Patna (Oct 23) are scheduled.
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