Nathaniel Branden Institute

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Important groups Objectivist movement Ayn Rand Institute Nathaniel Branden Institute The Atlas Society Important figures Ayn Rand Nathaniel Branden Alan Greenspan Leonard Peikoff Harry Binswanger Peter Schwartz Yaron Brook David Kelley George Reisman Chris Sciabarra Special topics Neo-Objectivism Libertarianism Related Capitalism

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The Nathaniel Branden Institute (originally the Nathaniel Branden Lectures) was an organization founded by Nathaniel Branden in 1958 to promote Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism. The institute was responsible for the many Objectivist lectures and presentations around the country. Many of those associated with NBI worked on the Objectivist magazines, The Objectivist Newsletter and The Objectivist.

There were several subsidiary companies, such as the NBI Press (publishing arm that printed a couple of plays), NBI Book Service (sold Objectivist books and books by non-Objectivists with similar views in a particular area), NBI Art Reproductions (art by Frank O'Connor, Joan Blumenthal, and the portrait of Ayn Rand by Ilona).

The institute disbanded after his break with Rand in August of 1968. The closest modern analogues are the Ayn Rand Institute and the The Atlas Society (formerly known as The Objectivist Center). Branden is associated with the latter. [1]

[edit] Lectures/Courses

• Basics Principles of Objectivism by Nathaniel Branden
• Basic Principles of Objectivist Psychology by Nathaniel Branden
• A Critical Analysis of Contemporary Psychology by Nathaniel Branden
• The Principles of Efficient Thinking by Barbara Branden
• The Objectivist Esthetics by Ayn Rand
• The Economics of a Free Society by Alan Greenspan
• A Critical History of Philosophy by Leonard Peikoff
• The Esthetics of the Visual Arts by Mary Ann Rukavina