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 RoR in Florida at Merritt IslandSaturday, April 15, 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. 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, April 15, 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 "The 'Inexplicable Personal Alchemy'" in Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution 1. Why did Ayn Rand assign this title to this essay? 2. Why did the Soviet court hand the protestors such harsh sentences? 3. How does Ayn Rand contrast the Soviet protestors with their contemporary American counterparts? 4. Why did Ayn Rand consider this news story "a remarkable example of journalism at its best"? 5. Why "will the young Russian rebels perish spiritually -- if they survive their jail terms physically"? 6. Why does Ayn Rand exhort "the men of goodwill in the semi-free world: do not sanction the Soviet jailers of those young people"? Evaluative Questions 1. Do you agree with Ayn Rand's assessment of the character of the Soviet protestors and their American counterparts? 2. Compare and contrast the protestors on both continents at the time of this essay's publication against the protestors today regarding the Iraq War, globalization, the latest French labor law, etc. 3. In what ways did this essay influence your values? | ||||
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