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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Value for value: Please support my efforts. Continued from Part 10 Continuing with the themes of Huxley’s Brave New World: Immaturity Adults in the Brave New World live immaturely, with a lack of seriousness and an appetite for endless fun. … Continue reading →
Continued from Part 9 Media Propaganda Tools of propaganda in the “brave new world” include television, newspapers, “feelies”, and music (p. 59). There are bureaus of propaganda and a College of Emotional Engineering (p. 58). A New Religion and Unity … Continue reading →
Continued from Part 8 Promiscuity In Huxley’s Brave New World, promiscuity is a duty and monogamy is not tolerated. Everyone is trained from birth with hypnopaedic proverbs such as “everyone belongs to everyone else” (p. 38). A similar idea is … Continue reading →
Value for value: Please support my efforts. Continued from Part 7 (Revised: January 3, 2014) Sterilization In Huxley’s novel, the majority of female embryos are sterilized (p. 10). The remaining women, such as one of the main characters, are trained … Continue reading →
Continued from Part 6 Getting into the actual novel, I want to highlight some of the themes in Brave New World while explaining parts of the plot in passing. First of all, the political setting is that of a World … Continue reading →