Interestingly, Huxley also compares his predictions with that of Orwell’s 1984.
What the author is trying to do here is to assess the validity of his novel’s predictions, about the socio-political situation of the 1950s and forward. This book is a small political essay that is just as relevant today as it was at the time of its writing (1958), some twenty-five years after the publication of Huxley’s masterpiece. Brave New World is a novel, whereas Brave New World Revisted is a nonfiction exploration of the themes in Brave New World.more Brave New World Revisted (first published in 1958) is not a reissue or revision of 0060850523 Brave New World. Brave New World Revisited is a trenchant plea that humankind should educate itself for freedom before it is too late. He scrutinizes threats to humanity, such as overpopulation, propaganda, and chemical persuasion, and explains why we have found it virtually impossible to avoid them. 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 huma When the novel Brave New World first appeared in 1932, its shocking analysis of a scientific dictatorship seemed a projection into the remote future. When the novel Brave New World first appeared in 1932, its shocking analysis of a scientific dictatorship seemed a projection into the remote future.
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