▁Revolution ▁is ▁a ▁ 1 9 7 1 ▁collection ▁of ▁ess ays ▁by ▁the ▁phil os opher ▁A yn ▁Rand , ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁author ▁arg ues ▁that ▁religion , ▁the ▁New ▁Left , ▁and ▁similar ▁forces ▁are ▁ir r ational ▁and ▁harm ful . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁ess ays ▁originally ▁appeared ▁in ▁The ▁Object iv ist . ▁A ▁re vised ▁edition ▁appeared ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 5 , ▁and ▁an ▁expanded ▁edition ▁edited ▁by ▁Peter ▁Schw art z ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁under ▁the ▁title ▁Return ▁of ▁the ▁Prim itive : ▁The ▁Anti - Ind ust rial ▁Revolution . ▁ ▁Background ▁The ▁insp iration ▁for ▁collect ing ▁these ▁ess ays ▁into ▁a ▁book ▁came ▁from ▁a ▁reader , ▁who ▁wrote ▁Rand ▁a ▁letter ▁compl iment ing ▁several ▁of ▁the ▁ess ays ▁and ▁suggesting ▁she ▁put ▁them ▁out ▁as ▁a ▁book ▁to ▁counter act ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁Left ▁among ▁college ▁students . ▁ ▁Public ation ▁history ▁The ▁first ▁edition ▁of ▁the ▁book ▁was ▁published ▁by ▁New ▁American ▁Library ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 1 , ▁as ▁a ▁paper back ▁under ▁its ▁Sign et ▁im print . ▁A ▁re vised ▁edition , ▁adding ▁the ▁ess ay ▁" The ▁Age ▁of ▁En vy ," ▁appeared ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 5 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁Rand ' s ▁estate ▁author ized ▁publication ▁of ▁an ▁expanded ▁edition ▁titled ▁Return ▁of ▁the ▁Prim itive : ▁The ▁Anti - Ind ust rial ▁Revolution . ▁It ▁was