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- Title
Ayn Rand and The Music of Rush: Rhapsodic Reflections.
- Authors
Martin, Bill
- Abstract
Martin replies to Sciabarra's essay on Rand, Rush, and progressive rock with critical reflections from a Marxist perspective. Focusing on the film version of The Fountainhead, which shares much in common with film noir and Socialist Realism, Martin rejects as reification Rand's emphasis on property as the defining feature of human life. Her dismissal of rock music has overtones of racism and Eurocentrism. The rock band Rush may have drawn inspiration from Howard Roark, but two other real-life role models would have been better suited: Ludwig van Beethoven and Frank Lloyd Wright.
- Publication
Journal of Ayn Rand Studies (Journal of Ayn Rand Studies Foundation), 2003, Vol 5, Issue 1, p189
- ISSN
1526-1018
- Publication type
Academic Journal