The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution

The late 1960s saw the first widespread expression, in overt form, of the creed of anti-industrialism in America. The original edition of this book was published as a response - as an analysis and refutation of that deadly phenomenon. Among noted thinkers of the day, Ayn Rand alone stood firm against the tide of Kantian nihilism and in support of reason, individualism, and laissez-faire capitalism - the philosophic ideals that are the foundation of American achievement and progress. Three decades later, despite a seemingly different socio-political climate, the intellectual essence of the New Left endures. It is now called political correctness. Its continued influence - manifested in environmentalism and multiculturalism - renders Rand’s observations and timely warnings as relevant, and as urgently needed, as when they were first written. In this newly revised and expanded volume, Peter Schwartz supplements Rand’s landmark work by shedding new light on the dangerous legacy of the New Left - a legacy that seeks to return mankind to the era of primitivism.