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Bezig met laden... Brave New World & Brave New World Revisited (1932)door Aldous Huxley
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Entertaining read yet so thought provoking. When you consider this was written pre world war III, it is even more amazing to consider the predictions of the future as real possibilities, which is exciting and terrifying. On the surface, the brave new world sounds great with happiness, peace and efficiency, however characters like Bernard and helmhotz show us how much this limits our freedoms and what a truly terrifying dictatorship that world would be. Reading Huxleys thoughts in Brave New World revisited several decades later provides another interesting view and better realization of how quickly some of the events he predicted came about. It would be amazing to see his reaction to things in the world today and how they relate to his thoughts then, such as widely available birth control, invitro fertilization, the Internet and social media ( ) Novel: I first read the novel in high school and liked it then. On a second reading as a 40something, it has a certain piquancy. Of course our society is sex-obsessed, drug-obsessed, entertainment-obsessed, and supremely shallow. We are on the verge of designer babies, a la Huxley. We are slowly moving to such a society in a Fabian slowness. A lot of the book is odd, of course, 1930s technology and obsessions morphed into the future. We can't imagine a future now without computers and DNA and other such advances, and to not see them here lends an art-deco steampunkishness to the technology and story. But, the story still sparkles. The plight of the "Savage" still is ours. A good book that should always be read as part of the trilogy of Fahrenheit 451, 1984, and Brave New World. Foreword by Christopher Hitchens: I always liked the Hitch. The foreword is interesting, though he poo-poos the Revisited section a bit too off-handedly. Brave New World Revisited: A standalone work later added to printings of the novel. Non-fiction, Huxley tries to "justify" and explain his novel, especially how it is superior to 1984, a work which came out after his but caught fire as well. Huxley explains the workings of his dystopian state and its connection to the real world. Some interesting insights from circa 1950, but, wholly unnecessary to enjoying the novel. Not as inconsequential as Hitchens think, it makes one worry about our current society and our current behemoth/leviathan of a government.
"Brave New World" is a dystopian novel by Aldous Huxley that envisions a future society where technological and scientific advancements have led to a highly controlled and regimented world. Set in a World State where citizens are engineered, conditioned, and segregated into castes, the novel explores themes of conformity, consumerism, and the loss of individuality. The population is kept content through the use of a happiness-inducing drug called soma. The story follows Bernard Marx and John the Savage as they grapple with the dehumanizing effects of this highly organized society, raising questions about the price of progress, the value of individuality, and the potential dangers of sacrificing human emotions for stability. Huxley's "Brave New World" remains a classic work of dystopian literature, offering a provocative exploration of the trade-offs between technological advancement and human well-being. Onderdeel van de uitgeversreeks(en)
The astonishing novel Brave New World, originally published in 1932, presents Aldous Huxley's vision of the future-of a world utterly transformed. Through the most efficient scientific and psychological engineering, people are genetically designed to be passive and therefore consistently useful to the ruling class. This powerful work of speculative fiction sheds a blazing critical light on the present and is considered to be Huxley's most enduring masterpiece. Following Brave New World is the nonfiction work Brave New World Revisited, first published in 1958. It is a fascinating work in which Huxley uses his tremendous knowledge of human relations to compare the modern-day world with the prophetic fantasy envisioned in Brave New World, including threats to humanity, such as overpopulation, propaganda, and chemical persuasion. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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