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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.912
EAN num: 9780060898526
ISBN number: 0060898526
Label: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
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Page Count: 144
Printing Date: September 01, 2006
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Release Date: September 05, 2006
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When the novel Brave New World very first appeared in 1932, its shocking analysis of a scientific dictatorship seemed a projection into the remote future. Here, in one of the most important and fascinating books of his career, Aldous Huxley uses his tremendous knowledge of human relations to compare the modern-day world with his prophetic fantasy. He scrutinizes threats to humanity, such as overpopulation, propaganda, and chemical persuasion, and explains why we have found it virtually impossible to avoid them. Brave New World Revisited is a trenchant plea that humankind should educate itself for freedom before it is too late.
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To me this book which is an essay on "A Brave New World" ends up being in my opinion one of the most important literary pieces of all the Huxley books. He explains the mind control and political slavery mechanisms that were taking place over 50 years ago! Imagine now where it is? This book is a must read for anyone interested in maintaining some level of democracy.
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First, I should say that the three of five stars is really about a three-and-a-half out of five stars, so as to give a bit of granularity to my review. I will admit that I am a great fan of Mr. Huxley's tale "Brave New World" because of its timelessness and also because of its timeliness today. With this in mind, I am both pleased and, in a minor ways, displeased by the later reflections which he made on the possibilities of his dystopia's realization in the contemporary world.
In order to get the negative out, I will very briefly outline what I found to be either incorrect or unseemly in Mr. Huxley's revisiting of his dystopia. Primarily, I am a bit disappointed, perhaps because of my place in the future of his work, in the complete negativity with which he approaches both the problem of population and what he calls "quantity and quality" with regards to breeding. In his own way, it seems that he has slipped into that pessimistic, hedonistic view which he chided greatly in his own text. Now, I do admit that he does raise a good point that these two forces do have the possibility of creating turmoil in those who are predisposed to use them as an excuse for hyper-control over society. However, he never fully exonerates himself from this pessimism and even seems to believe that there is some positive organizational goal which can address these problems without slipping to the world of his dystopia. To his benefit, he does leave the questions of solutions open but also seems to be like those later liberals, who became less liberal and more collectivist, to view the state as too strong an exponent of individual freedom. He leaves unaddressed the question of how goodness plays a role in the preservation of freedom in society. In addition, while I do agree that much technology tends toward over-organization, there is also the promise, which is seen in various ways today, that technology can also allow for the displacement of power throughout the people. (Specifically, I am thinking of the possibility of some day having an affordable way of augmenting the power grid by individuals on their own property and - more realistically conceivable now - the growth of free communications on the internet and the creation of ad hoc download clusters by means of dispersed torrent technologies [which are to me only a sign of the other promises of some loss of over-centralization].)
Now, on the positive, all of the points raised have some level of lasting validity, for every question raised does pose a very real dilemma in the contemporary world. The forces of over-population which yesterday also point to the effects of the exposure of the third world to the global economy could well play into the hands of those powerful ones who would cajole the very first world into a much more "safe" state at the cost of liberty. In addition, propaganda does have an insidious character in the contemporary world and is more spread than ever through the powers of centralization that do indeed exist (bearing in mind the aforementioned promises in the opposite direction). The heavy hand of the singly-focused media, coupled with the ongoing din which prevents one from having the introspection necessary to realize his or her place in the world, coupled again with the ability to escape problems of all sorts through medications and illicit drugs, are indeed, as Huxley suspected, making the world far more susceptible to the possibilities of a Brave New World growth. While he focuses more on education than anything else, it seems to me that - reading this through the lens of his text - he intends such education to enable us not only to "know the Truth" but also to be able to reflect on the self, to look at the stars as well as the pains of life and realize they are something to be understood and coped with, not ignored.
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Huxley's work of nonfiction here is superbly presented and very well-thought with an undeniable amount of research to support all of his thoughts and grim prophecies. Albeit not long, its volume in information lends much support to its considerable importance and potency to the intellectual reader. There were times where i was audibly saying "wow" and times when i was so immersed i couldn't contain my excitement. Ironically this very excitement distracted me at times, where i was deep in thought and contemplation of previous passages that i was actually missing out of what i was reading at the moment. Thankfully those instances were few and i was able to comprehend the majority of it. The outlining problems, he explains, come from over-population and over-organization. Each can be summarized as an internal and external dilemma that we as individuals and a society must face. From propaganda to mind-manipulation, he covers all that human society is currently struggling with and will undoubtedly continue to deal with as the situation worsens.
Profound, both in its horrifying connection made and it's enlightening message given, this book is definitely worth looking into for anyone that is even somewhat interested in Huxley's work.
Lucas.
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If you haven't read Brave New World and 1984, I suggest you read both of those first. Then you can truly appreciate this work of staggering insight into the world of today.
This is the book (or collection of essays) written by Huxley in 1958, 27 years after he wrote Brave New World. He begins by reevaluating his previous work and Orwell's 1984. Then he will open your eyes to some of the biggest problems we face today. It has been almost 50 years since this book was written and many of the things Huxley predicted are happening all around us. It floors me that so few people have read this amazing work. So quit reading this review and read the book already!
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A brilliant look back at Huxley's "Brave New World" by the author along with an insightful analysis of foreshadowed conditions up to 1965. This book is even more important reading today. The birth control pill had not even been invented when this book was written, and yet Huxley refers to its importance. Scholars of historical science can see the writing on the wall. We should all be reading it.
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