Edited, July 11, 2021, v.5 The Ghost in the Machine by Arthur Koestler, first published 1967. *Dedication page: “To the Fellows and Staff 1964-5 at the Centre for Advanced Study in the Behavioural Sciences” First, we should jump directly to … Continue reading →
Ebook version: Power & Reality Journal – Issue 6 March 25, 2018 Compressed file includes html, pdf and epub formats Power and Reality Journal Date: March 25, 2018 – Number 6 Written and Edited by Alan Contact Information powerandreality.com/contact powerandreality.com … Continue reading →
Continue reading →Ebook version: Power & Reality Journal – Issue 4 October 21, 2017 – Updated November 10, 2017 Compressed file includes html, pdf and epub formats Power and Reality Journal Date: October 21, 2017 – Number 4 Written and Edited by … Continue reading →
Continue reading →By Alan PowerandReality.com Edition 1: Dec. 9, 2016 Ed. 2: July 23, 2017 Previous in series For contents of this series and links to related commentaries on Brave New World, see series contents. Brave New World Revisited: Contradiction: Aldous Huxley … Continue reading →
Continue reading →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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 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 guided … Continue reading →