![]() Rand herself came from Russia to the United States at age 21, drawn by the conditions depicted in American movies and eager to leave Stalinist Russia. Together with Atlas Shrugged (1957), The Fountainhead has become one of the central texts of an Objectivist movement that emphasizes capitalism, individualism, and the pursuit of individual ambition.Īlthough her idea that altruism is bad and selfishness good would seem to contradict traditional Jewish values, Rand's promotion of individual ambition was typical of Russian Jewish immigrants of her generation. Although it failed to win over critics, it eventually became a best-seller and was made into a movie starring Gary Cooper in 1949. ![]() The Fountainhead illustrated this philosophy for the public through the tale of an architect who sticks to his artistic convictions against massive social opposition. ![]() "My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute." ![]() ![]() Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead (delivered to her publisher on December 31, 1942), was the first of Rand's novels to win a wide following for the philosophy she called Objectivism. ![]()
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