Objectivist Links
The Objectivist Center does not endorse the work or products of other organizations or groups, not even Objectivist organizations or groups. Nevertheless, people who are interested in the subject of Objectivism may wish to see what such groups are doing and how they view the philosophy. The following organizations, publications, and people offer the most prominent Web sites with a distinctly Objectivist perspective. For links to web sites that aren't specifically Objectivist, but that might still be of interest, see Internet Links.
All About Ayn Rand (www.Ayn-Rand.com) All About Ayn Rand provides you with information about Ayn Rand's life, her writings, and her ideas.
Aristos (www.aristos.org) is a journal that advocates objective standards in arts scholarship and criticism and presents commentary on the arts, as well as on the philosophy of art.
The Atlasphere (www.theatlasphere.com) is a community-building web site for networking, both professionally and personally, among admirers of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.
Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life ( www.asenseoflife.com) was nominated in 1997 for an Academy Award in the category of Best-Feature Length Documentary.
The Ayn Rand Society (www.aynrandsociety.org) is an official special-interest group within the American Philosophical Association.
Chris Sciabarra ( www.nyu.edu/projects/sciabarra/) is a controversial Objectivist thinker and scholar. His website provides information on his many projects including such works as Ayn Rand: The Russian Radical and Feminist Interpretations of Ayn Rand.
The Daily Objectivist (www.dailyobjectivist.com) was an on-line magazine launched in July 1999; it is wide-ranging but stresses applications of Objectivism to everyday life. Though no longer publishing, the archives are excellent.
Enlightenment (enlightenment.supersaturated.com) is an organization launched in spring 1999 whose mission "is to discover, encourage, develop, publish, and promote Objectivist scholars and scholarship." While apparently defunct, the site maintains an archive of essays.
Free Radical (www.freeradical.co.nz) is a New Zealand magazine that is edited from an Objectivist perspective and that frequently includes articles of interest to Objectivists worldwide.
Full Context (www.fullcontext.org) is a monthly newsletter that is notable for its long interviews with members of the Objectivist movement as well as other people whose views might be of interest to Objectivists. Though no longer publishing, the archives are excellent.
The Importance of Philosophy (http://www.importanceofphilosophy.com/) is a website that features an extensive hyperlinked exposition of the essentials of Objectivism, with separate web pages devoted to key ideas in all the branches of the philosophy, which are clearly organized in relation to each other. The website also covers Objectivism’s application in many areas and critiques many of the philosophical and cultural ideas to which Objectivism is opposed.
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Ayn Rand (http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/r/rand.htm) Written by former TOC Senior Fellow Stephen Hicks, professor of philosophy at Rockford College, this able introduction to Rand's thought includes a short biography, a summary of her ethics of rational self-interest, with special attention to her principle that human interests do not conflict. The entry concludes with an brief assessment of Rand's influence.
The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies (www.aynrandstudies.com) is "a nonpartisan journal devoted to the study of Ayn Rand and her times. The journal is not aligned with any advocacy group, institute, or person. It welcomes papers from every discipline and from a variety of interpretive and critical perspectives. It aims to foster scholarly dialogue through a respectful exchange of ideas. The journal is published semi-annually, in the fall and the spring."
Nathaniel Branden (www.nathanielbranden.net) was for many years an associate of Ayn Rand's and has worked at applying her philosophy to the field of psychology.
The Objectivist History Project (http://www.objectivisthistory.org). The Objectivist Center and Duncan Scott Productions have teamed up to create The Objectivist History Project—a series of video tape interviews to capture and preserve eyewitness accounts of the birth of Objectivism. The archive will be both an invaluable historical resource and a print/broadcast journalism resource in support of Objectivism.
The Objectivism Reference Center (http://www.noblesoul.com/orc/index.html) is a detailed bibliographic website that compiles a thorough listing of articles, public journals, and books by Ayn Rand or on Objectivism. It features abstracts of many articles and books, and links to reviews and excerpts of each work where such are available. It also features extensive links to critical essays on Objectivism.
The Objectivism Reference Pointer (http://pw1.netcom.com/~magnus2/index.htm) A bibliographic website that attempts to collect all bibliographic information on Objectivism not included in Mimi Reisel Gladsteins "The New Ayn Rand Companion." Very comprehensive.
Sense of Life Objectivists (www.solohq.com) is an independent organization, associated with the Free Radical magazine, stressing the application of Objectivist ideas. "SOLO seeks to galvanise ALL Objectivists who recognise that Objectivism is a way of living & who repudiate any reason/passion dichotomy."
WeTheLiving.com (www.WeTheLiving.com) is a collection of nearly a dozen e-mail forums related to Objectivism. Included are a moderated Objectivist philosophy discussion list with over 600 subscribers; the 'Ayn Rand File' for notices of cultural references to Ayn Rand; a list dedicated to movie, book, and music reviews; an unmoderated list for social and personal discussion; and several others.
The Ayn Rand Institute was founded in 1985 to promote the philosophy of Objectivism. In 1990, the Institute for Objectivist Studies (now The Atlas Society) ) was begun by disaffected members of ARI who believed that that institute's dogmatic and intolerant approach to Objectivism contradicted the philosophy's fundamental commitment to reason and that the organization was in that sense anti-Objectivist. This position was set forth by TAS founder David Kelley in his monograph Truth and Toleration (re-published and updated as The Contested Legacy of Ayn Rand), located on this site. The book page also provides a link to ARI's Website, and specifically to a document setting forth ARI's stance in the debate.