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NAL Trade Paperback December 2013
THE DIM HypOTHEsIs
Why the Lights of the West Are Going Out
Leonard Peikoff
leonard peikoff
the
DIM
hypothesis
why the lights of the west
are going out
978-0-451-46664-8 • $17.00/$18.00 Can.
trade Paperback
400 pp./6” x 9”/Carton: 40/Nonfiction
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Now in paperback, a groundbreaking and
controversial new theory from Ayn Rand’s literary
heir and executor.
In this far-reaching study, Peikoff identifies the three methods people
use to integrate concrete data into a unified system. The first, which
employs reason, he calls Integration. The second uses non-rational
means, which he calls Misintegration. The third is Disintegration—or
nihilism, the desire to tear things apart. Peikoff applies these categories to
the culturally representative fields of literature, physics, education, and
politics, demonstrating how trends in each field have been dominated by
one of these three categories throughout Western history. Extrapolating
from the pattern he identifies, he comes to a shocking conclusion about
the future of the United States.
“Nothing less than an Objectivist philosophy of history.” —Mises Daily
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• Leonard Peikoff has contributed to almost all of Ayn Rand’s work and is the
foremost expert on the legendary author
• Fans of Ayn Rand consider any new book by Peikoff to be a must-read
Leonard Peikoff is the preeminent Rand scholar writing today. He worked
closely with Ayn Rand in New York City for thirty years and was designated by
her as heir to her estate. Author website: aynrand.com
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