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Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World :Ignorance and Failure toRecognize the Purpose of the Human Spirit | ||
| Al-Fatih journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 4, Issue 35, 2008, Pages 139-149 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Lamiaa Ahmed Rasheed; Luma Ibrahim Al-Barznji | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Brave New World is a dystopian novel by Aldous Huxley(1894-1963) , first published in 1932 . Set in London in "the year" 2540 . The novel anticipates developments in reproductive technology , biological engineering , and sleep-learning that combine to change society . People all around the world are part of a totalitarian state , free from war , hatred , poverty , disease , and pain . They enjoy leisure time , material wealth , and physical pleasure .In it , the author questions the value of 1931 London using satire and irony to portray a futuristic world in which many of the contemporary trends in British and American societies have been taken to extremes . Actually , Huxley meant to write a satirical and fictional novel , but it turned out to be a scientific prophecy . He wanted to warn the former (his contemporary) society of the danger of scientific progress , or progress in general . The danger occurs when the weapons , media and industry , science and technology play a crucial role . The main thrust of science and technology thus has served oppressors and hindered the expansion of peace and freedom . Huxley’s analysis of society and science can be traced back to one guiding principle that was taken from the famous historian Lord Acton (1834-1902) and his writing about the corruption of power : that power is corrupting and absolute power corrupts absolutely . If power is corrupting , then all technologies and social arrangements that allow concentrations of power should be resisted . The abuse of power and violence are the surest way to reach corruption in which mass production depends on them mainly in Huxley’s novel .Thus, he believes that nonviolence is the only hopeful way . | ||
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