Link Highlight: Introduction to Objectivism Playlist

Here is a playlist of YouTube videos providing an introductory overview of Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism. Please give it a like if you enjoy it:

 Introduction to Objectivism - Best Playlist

The DIM Hypothesis by Dr. Leonard Peikoff

Dr. Peikoff's last work of philosophy/historical analysis,The DIM Hypothesis was released today. From the Amazon description:

With his groundbreaking and controversial DIM hypothesis, Dr. Leonard Peikoff casts a penetrating new light on the process of human thought, and thereby on Western culture and history. 

In this far-reaching study, Peikoff identifies the three methods people use to integrate concrete data into a whole, as when connecting diverse experiments by a scientific theory, or separate laws into a Constitution, or single events into a story. The first method, in which data is integrated through rational means, he calls Integration. The second, which employs non-rational means, he calls Misintegration. The third is Disintegration—which is nihilism, the desire to tear things apart. 

In The DIM Hypothesis Peikoff demonstrates the power of these three methods in shaping the West, by using the categories to examine the culturally representative fields of literature, physics, education, and politics. His analysis illustrates how the historical trends in each field have been dominated by one of these three categories, not only today but during the whole progression of Western culture from its beginning in Ancient Greece. 

Extrapolating from the historical pattern he identifies, Peikoff concludes by explaining why the lights of the West are going out—and predicts the most likely future for the United States.

Available now from Amazon:

The DIM Hypothesis: Why the Lights of the West Are Going Out

Objectivism Resources: Books and Links

Resources for learning about Objectivism:

Books

Metaphysics and Overview of Philosophy:

• Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand by Leonard Peikoff
  

Epistemology:

• Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology, Exp. 2nd Ed. by Ayn Rand

Ethics and Human Nature, Overview:

• The Virtue of Selfishness by Ayn Rand
• Loving Life: The Morality of Self-Interest and the Facts that Support It by Craig Biddle

Meta-ethics, Detailed:

• Viable Values: A Study of Life as the Root and Reward of Morality by Tara Smith

Normative Ethics, Detailed:

• Ayn Rand's Normative Ethics: The Virtuous Egoist by Tara Smith

Politics:

• Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal by Ayn Rand
• Capitalism Unbound: The Incontestable Moral Case for Individual Rights by Andrew Bernstein
• The Capitalist Manifesto: The Historic, Economic and Philosophic Case for Laissez-Faire by Andrew Bernstein
• Capitalist Solutions: A Philosophy of American Moral Dilemmas by Andrew Bernstein

Esthetics:

• The Romantic Manifesto by Ayn Rand

Philosophical Methods / Applied Epistemology:

• Objectivism Through Induction by Leonard Peikoff (CD lecture course out of production, but digital copies will soon be for sale at the Ayn Rand Bookstore)
• Understanding Objectivism: A Guide to Learning Ayn Rand's Philosophy by Leonard Peikoff (Lecture course or book)

Applications / Political and Cultural Analysis:

• Philosophy: Who Needs It (The Ayn Rand Library Vol. 1) by Ayn Rand
• The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution by Ayn Rand and Peter Schwartz
• For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand by Ayn Rand
• The Voice of Reason: Essays in Objectivist Thought by Ayn Rand and Leonard Peikoff

Ayn Rand's Philosophical Fiction:

• Atlas Shrugged
• The Fountainhead
• Anthem
• We the Living

Websites

Ayn Rand Lexicon (Philosophical terms defined and explained by Ayn Rand and other sources she approved.)

Introduction to Objectivism on YouTube

Ayn Rand Institute

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Ayn Rand (Entry describing Rand's philosophy.)

Objectivist Answers (Philosophical questions answered by self-described Objectivists. Answers are user-moderated, and may or may not agree with Objectivism as defined by Ayn Rand and fleshed out by professional Objectivist intellectuals.)

Objectivism Online Forum (Discuss philosophy and other topics with self-described Objectivists.)

The Objective Standard (Objectivist periodical.)

Leonard Peikoff Website/Podcast (Philosophy Ph.D. and foremost authority on Objectivism answers questions.)

Objectivist Academic Center (Instruction in the principles and methods of Objectivism and in communication.)

The Ayn Rand Society (Organization affiliated with the American Philosophical Association that fosters scholarly study of Objectivism.)