The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution is a collection of essays by Ayn Rand. Most of the essays originally appeared in The Objectivist. It was first published in 1971. A revised edition, adding the essay "The Age of Envy," appeared in 1975. The essays argue that religion and similar forces harm the growth of humanity. In 1999, an expanded edition titled Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution, appeared. It was edited by Peter Schwartz and adds a new introduction by Schwartz, as well as two essays by Rand and three by Schwartz . The book received little attention from... reviewers when it was first released. In a survey of Rand's works, historian James T. Baker described the book's essays as "shrill proclamations" that are "more negative than positive more destructive than constructive.
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