The Intricate Interplay of the Human and the Machine: Aldous Huxley?s "Brave New World" Vision of the Future - Softcover
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Aldous Huxley foresaw a world where the line between human beings and machines is increasingly blurred. His "Brave New World," a masterpiece of utopian-dystopian fiction, portrays such a world: a place that is no-place for the human ideals of suffering and pain upheld by John, the protagonist of the novel. Instead, humans are conditioned to be non-human, soma-drugged machines whose sole sources of gratification and pleasure are physical, emotional, and sensual superficialities of feeling. These two identities (the human and the machine) interact in Huxley's novel, revealing the endangered condition of humanity in an environment of institutionalized numbness and overall freedom from pain. What, then, is Huxley's vision of the future in his landmark 1932 novel? And, most importantly, is this vision of the future still only a vision? That is, where does fiction end, and reality begin?
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Matthew Henningsen focuses primarily on Aldous Huxley studies. His writing analyzes human/machine relationships, and he discusses the possibility (impossibility?) of human perfection in the so-called "Brave New World" of seemingly unimpeded technological growth. He is a PhD student at Marquette University.
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The Intricate Interplay of the Human and the Machine
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LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Jun 2010, 2010
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ISBN 13: 9783838372952
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Aldous Huxley foresaw a world where the line between human beings and machines is increasingly blurred. His 'Brave New World,' a masterpiece of utopian-dystopian fiction, portrays such a world: a place that is no-place for the human ideals of suffering and pain upheld by John, the protagonist of the novel. Instead, humans are conditioned to be non-human, soma-drugged machines whose sole sources of gratification and pleasure are physical, emotional, and sensual superficialities of feeling. These two identities (the human and the machine) interact in Huxley''s novel, revealing the endangered condition of humanity in an environment of institutionalized numbness and overall freedom from pain. What, then, is Huxley''s vision of the future in his landmark 1932 novel And, most importantly, is this vision of the future still only a vision That is, where does fiction end, and reality begin Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch. Artikel-Nr. 9783838372952
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The Intricate Interplay of the Human and the Machine | Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" Vision of the Future
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LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2010
ISBN 10: 3838372956
ISBN 13: 9783838372952
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. The Intricate Interplay of the Human and the Machine | Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" Vision of the Future | Matthew Henningsen | Taschenbuch | 76 S. | Englisch | 2010 | LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing | EAN 9783838372952 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt, info[at]bod[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu. Artikel-Nr. 101061221
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