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Ayn Rand's Objectivism rejects an array of ideas and modes of living that it deems are primitive by nature and indicative of a primitive culture. Objectivism views primitive states of existence as being "savage" and marred in mysticism, fatalism, ignorance, superstition, poverty, passivity, and collectivism. The cure to such a society Objectivism holds is Western civilization, capitalism and modernity,〔(The Party of Modernity ) by David Kelley, ''The Atlas Society'', November 2003〕 which in its view brings with it reason, individualism, science, industrialization, and ultimately wealth. Objectivists contend that Rousseauian romanticism of primitive life became the foundation for the 1960s' counterculture and New Left, which Rand vehemently opposed. Two specific groups that Rand controversially accused of being primitive "savages" were Native Americans and Arabs. Rand also outlined her broader anti-primitive views in various speeches, interviews, and in her book ''Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution''. Those anti-primitive views and their relevance to Objectivism have since been expounded on by individuals such as Leonard Peikoff and Michael Berliner, newsletters like ''The Objectivist'', and groups such as the Ayn Rand Institute and Atlas Society. Objectivism contends that by upholding reason and the value of the individual, a culture is able to reject the "primitive mentality that cower(s) before the forces of nature" and "the dictates of mystical authorities."〔(The New Primitivism: Today’s Attacks on Reason and Individualism ) by Peter Schwartz, ''The Ayn Rand Institute''〕 Peter Schwartz of the ''Ayn Rand Institute'' has argued that there is a push in the present day to restore the aforementioned "medieval mentality" under the guise of tribalism, multiculturalism, and environmentalism.〔 Schwartz believes that this leads to an anti-science and anti-technology mentality, which becomes subservient to the "mysticism of religion."〔 However, Frederick Cookinham in ''The Age of Rand: Imagining an Objectivist Future World'', hypothesizes that the "socialist/altruist claim that people lived in communist paradise and lived in harmony with the earth until modern white guys destroyed everything" will not stand against the evidence in the future.〔''The Age of Rand: Imagining an Objectivist Future World'', by Frederick Cookinham, iUniverse, 2005, ISBN 0595351530, p. 451〕 ==Rousseau and the New Left== According to the Objectivist-based Atlas Society, eighteenth century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau offered an "idealized image of primitive man" who had not yet been "corrupted by civilization."〔 The source of such primitivist views according to the Atlas Society was Rousseau's "antipathy to reason", and his postmodern hatred of individualism and capitalism.〔 In this respect, Objectivism views Rousseau, who praised the authenticity of primitive modes of life, as the father of the nineteenth-century Romantic poets, which the Atlas Society contends ultimately became the inspiration for the counterculture of the 1960s and the New Left.〔 In surmising the New Left, Rand deemed that they could be summed up by the false accusation that "Capitalism defiles the beauty of your countryside."〔''Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution'', by Ayn Rand and Peter Schwartz, Meridian, 1999, ISBN 0452011841, p. 170〕 Furthermore, Rand predicted that following the Vietnam War, the New Left would disingenuously turn their "next big crusade" to the issue of pollution and clean air.〔''Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution'', by Ayn Rand and Peter Schwartz, Meridian, 1999, ISBN 0452011841, p. 167〕 However the true unstated goal of this crusade Rand believed was the destruction of capitalism and the "establishment of a global dictatorship."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Objectivism's rejection of the primitive」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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