The New Left by Ayn Rand

The Anti-Industrial Revolution

An essay collection that critiques the radical movements of the 1960s, arguing that their altruist, collectivist, and anti-reason premises foster hostility toward capitalism, technology, and individual rights. It defends rational self-interest and industrial civilization, contending that environmentalism, campus protests, and cultural relativism manifest a broader anti-human, anti-reality philosophy. The work warns that these trends threaten freedom and progress, urging a return to reason, objective values, and laissez-faire capitalism.