His writings have appeared in such publications as The Daily Caller, Washington Times, Orange County Register, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Canberra Times, San Francisco Chronicle and the science policy journal Energy and Environment. He specializes in the application of Ayn Rand’s philosophy to scientific topics, in particular to environmental issues such as energy and climate. Lockitch writes, speaks and serves as a senior editor for ARI. He also teaches classes on Ayn Rand’s novels and ideas in a variety of settings, from high school and college classrooms to ARI’s internship program to ARI Campus.Īs an Institute fellow, Dr. Lockitch is a senior instructor for ARI’s Objectivist Academic Center, where he has been teaching distance-learning courses on written and oral communication skills for more than ten years. He oversees all of the Institute’s educational programs, including its free books to teachers program, its essay contests on Rand’s novels, its campus clubs program, ARI Campus, the Objectivist Academic Center, and others.ĭr. Keith Lockitch is the vice president of educational programs and a senior fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute. Spoiler alert: This course assumes that students have read Anthem. Teachers who wish to use the course for classroom instruction are encouraged to select lessons most relevant to their instructional goals. You may take the whole course in sequence or choose to select lessons of particular interest, since each lesson is a self-contained module. High school students studying the book will find this course especially valuable, but the material is designed to interest viewers on all levels.

How does Anthem compare to novels such as Brave New World and 1984?.

Why does Rand consider the word “ego” to be sacred?.

What ideas led to the dismal world depicted in Anthem?.

What is most important about the characters Equality 7-2521 and Liberty 5-3000?.

How did Rand think of the idea for Anthem?.Among the questions answered in this course:

This video lecture course is an introduction to Anthem that includes background material on Rand and the era in which she wrote, an overview of the story, an analysis of the characters, a discussion of the story’s themes and brief comparisons to other well-known dystopian works. How can Equality 7-2521 free himself from this totalitarian, collectivist society? Obedience to the group is so deeply ingrained that the very word “I” has been erased from the language. But he lives in a bleak, dystopian future where science and technology have regressed to primitive levels, and where independent thought, personal possessions and romantic love are abolished.

Anthem is Ayn Rand’s “hymn to man’s ego.” It is the story of a young man, Equality 7-2521, who yearns for knowledge.

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