Series: Notes on Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Value for value: Please support my efforts. Aldous Huxley: Brave New World Part 1 . Part 2 Part 3 . Part 4 Part 5 . Part 6 Part 7 . Part 8 Part 9 . Part 10 Part 11 Related: … Continue reading →
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Series: Notes on Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley
Value for value: Please support my efforts. Aldous Huxley: Brave New World Revisited Part 1 . Part 2 Part 3 . Part 4 Part 5 . Part 6 Part 7 . Part 8 Part 9 . Part 10 Related: Notes … Continue reading →
Commentary on Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World Revisited – Part 10 – Conclusion
Continued from Part 9 Aldous Huxley: Brave New World Revisited Huxley argues that “over-population” is a threat to freedom Huxley, writing in the late 1950s, hypes his allegation that “over-population” is the “biological enemy of freedom” (17). He refers to … Continue reading →
Commentary on Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World Revisited – Part 9
Continued from Part 8 Aldous Huxley: Brave New World Revisited Huxley makes a key point about the individual, claiming that “his contributions appear to approach zero; in practice they are all-important” (105). An individual does the work. An individual perceives, … Continue reading →
Commentary on Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World Revisited – Part 8
Continued from Part 7 Aldous Huxley: Brave New World Revisited Huxley predicts “whispering machines and subliminal projectors” (83) at schools or hospitals–where the subjects are more suggestible–and the use of speeches and rituals in public spaces. By the way, in … Continue reading →
“Healing Schizophrenia” by the late Canadian psychiatrist Dr. Abram Hoffer [tbc]
I enjoyed reading this book years ago before I knew anything about MKUltra and LSD research. There are (at least) two sides of this story that I’m interested in. Dr. Hoffer’s information is rationally presented and positive towards the needs … Continue reading →
Commentary on Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World Revisited – Part 7
Value for value: Please support my efforts. Continued from Part 6 Aldous Huxley: Brave New World Revisited “Sexual Freedom” Huxley explains that the aim of the dictatorship’s methods in Brave New World (BNW) is to “keep their subjects from making … Continue reading →
Commentary on Brave New World Revisited – Part 6
Continued from Part 5 Book Aldous Huxley: Brave New World Revisited Writing in the 1950s, Aldous Huxley writes, “Today the art of mind-control is in the process of becoming a science” (39). The scientists in this field, he claims, are … Continue reading →
Commentary on Brave New World Revisited – Part 5
Continued from Part 4 Aldous Huxley: Brave New World Revisited Huxley refers to Pavlov’s experiments on animals, in which even the strongest ones display a nervous breakdown after the repeated stress of Pavlov’s cruel experiments (59). He notes also how … Continue reading →
Commentary on Brave New World Revisited – Part 4
Continued from Part 3 Aldous Huxley: Brave New World Revisited Propaganda, Mind Control & Entertainment Huxley admits that political and commercial entities had developed new techniques for manipulating the thoughts of the public “in the interest of some minority“(4). He … Continue reading →