Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963,
Brave new world / Aldous Huxley. - First Harper Perennial Modern Classics edition. - 259, 22 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. - Harper Perennial Modern Classics . - Harper Perennial modern classics .
"A hardcover edition of this book was published in 1932 by Harper & Brothers, Publishers"--Title page verso.
"[This] prophetic novel describes the socialized horrors of a futuristic utopia devoid of individual freedom."-- Now more than ever: Aldous Huxley's enduring masterwork must be read and understood by anyone concerned with preserving the human spirit "A masterpiece. ... One of the most prophetic dystopian works." -Wall Street Journal Aldous Huxley's profoundly important classic of world literature, Brave New World is a searching vision of an unequal, technologically-advanced future where humans are genetically bred, socially indoctrinated, and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively uphold an authoritarian ruling order-all at the cost of our freedom, full humanity, and perhaps also our souls. "A genius [who] who spent his life decrying the onward march of the Machine" (The New Yorker), Huxley was a man of incomparable talents: equally an artist, a spiritual seeker, and one of history's keenest observers of human nature and civilization. Brave New World, his masterpiece, has enthralled and terrified millions of readers, and retains its urgent relevance to this day as both a warning to be heeded as we head into tomorrow and as thought-provoking, satisfying work of literature. Written in the shadow of the rise of fascism during the 1930s, Brave New World likewise speaks to a 21st-century world dominated by mass-entertainment, technology, medicine and pharmaceuticals, the arts of persuasion, and the hidden influence of elites. "Aldous Huxley is the greatest 20th century writer in English." -Chicago Tribune
9780060850524
Passivity (Psychology)--Fiction
Genetic engineering--Fiction
Totalitarianism--Fiction
Collectivism--Fiction
Psychological fiction
Political fiction
PR6015.U9 / B65 2006
Brave new world / Aldous Huxley. - First Harper Perennial Modern Classics edition. - 259, 22 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. - Harper Perennial Modern Classics . - Harper Perennial modern classics .
"A hardcover edition of this book was published in 1932 by Harper & Brothers, Publishers"--Title page verso.
"[This] prophetic novel describes the socialized horrors of a futuristic utopia devoid of individual freedom."-- Now more than ever: Aldous Huxley's enduring masterwork must be read and understood by anyone concerned with preserving the human spirit "A masterpiece. ... One of the most prophetic dystopian works." -Wall Street Journal Aldous Huxley's profoundly important classic of world literature, Brave New World is a searching vision of an unequal, technologically-advanced future where humans are genetically bred, socially indoctrinated, and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively uphold an authoritarian ruling order-all at the cost of our freedom, full humanity, and perhaps also our souls. "A genius [who] who spent his life decrying the onward march of the Machine" (The New Yorker), Huxley was a man of incomparable talents: equally an artist, a spiritual seeker, and one of history's keenest observers of human nature and civilization. Brave New World, his masterpiece, has enthralled and terrified millions of readers, and retains its urgent relevance to this day as both a warning to be heeded as we head into tomorrow and as thought-provoking, satisfying work of literature. Written in the shadow of the rise of fascism during the 1930s, Brave New World likewise speaks to a 21st-century world dominated by mass-entertainment, technology, medicine and pharmaceuticals, the arts of persuasion, and the hidden influence of elites. "Aldous Huxley is the greatest 20th century writer in English." -Chicago Tribune
9780060850524
Passivity (Psychology)--Fiction
Genetic engineering--Fiction
Totalitarianism--Fiction
Collectivism--Fiction
Psychological fiction
Political fiction
PR6015.U9 / B65 2006