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.
Brave New World
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It is a perfect world. Or so they say. You have everything you could wish for; there is no violence; babies are made in laboratories; your daily dose of soma keeps depression away; you can watch “Feelie” to stimulate your senses. Verily, you live in a manmade heaven. So what ifthe World Controllers discourage critical thinking and individual action? It is for your own good. But Bernard Marx is not happy in this blissful ambience. Old imperfect life still exists in some Savage Reservations. Marx visits one of them. Can he find a cure for his distress? Huxley’s prophetic Brave New World needs no introduction. Published in 1932, it hasnot only awe-inspired the readers in the 20 th century but continues to do so even today when ourworld is fast becoming the dystopia Huxley had envisioned.
