Brave New World
出版社:
HarperCollins US
出版时间:
2010-01
ISBN:
9780061767647
定价:
216.50
装帧:
平装
开本:
其他
纸张:
胶版纸
页数:
384页
正文语种:
英语
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TheastonishingnovelBraveNewWorld,originallypublishedin1932,presentsAldousHuxley'slegendaryvisionofaworldoftomorrowutterlytransformed.InHuxley'sdarklysatiricyetchillinglyprescientimaginingofa"utopian"future,humansaregeneticallydesignedandpharmaceuticallyanesthetizedtopassivelyservearulingorder.Apowerfulworkofspeculativefictionthathasenthralledandterrifiedreadersforgenerations,itremainsremarkablyrelevanttothisdayasbothawarningtobeheededandasathought-provokingyetsatisfyingentertainment.
Thisdeluxeeditionalsoincludesthenonfictionwork"BraveNewWorldRevisited,""athought-jabbing,terrifyingbook"(ChicagoTribune),firstpublishedin1958.ItisafascinatingessayinwhichHuxleycomparesthemodern-dayworldwithhispropheticfantasyenvisionedinBraveNewWorld.Hescrutinizesthreatstohumanitysuchasoverpopulation,propaganda,andchemicalpersuasion,andexplainswhywehavefounditvirtuallyimpossibletoavoidthem. Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) is the author of the classic novels Island, Eyeless in Gaza, and The Genius and the Goddess, as well as such critically acclaimed nonfiction works as The Devils of Loudun, The Doors of Perception, and The Perennial Philosophy. Born in Surrey, England, and educated at Oxford, he died in Los Angeles.
奥尔德斯·赫克斯利，（1889—1963），英国小说家、散文家。
Foreword
Brave new world 3
Foreword 5
Brave new world revisited 233
Foreword 235
I Over-population 237
II Quantity, quality, morality 248
III Over-organization 251
IV Propaganda in a democratic society 262
V Propaganda under a dictatorship 269
VI The arts of selling 277
VII Brainwashing 287
VIII Chemical persuasion 296
IX Subconscious persuasion 304
X Hypnopaedia 311
XI Education for freedom 321
XII What can be done? 332
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内容简介:
TheastonishingnovelBraveNewWorld,originallypublishedin1932,presentsAldousHuxley'slegendaryvisionofaworldoftomorrowutterlytransformed.InHuxley'sdarklysatiricyetchillinglyprescientimaginingofa"utopian"future,humansaregeneticallydesignedandpharmaceuticallyanesthetizedtopassivelyservearulingorder.Apowerfulworkofspeculativefictionthathasenthralledandterrifiedreadersforgenerations,itremainsremarkablyrelevanttothisdayasbothawarningtobeheededandasathought-provokingyetsatisfyingentertainment.
Thisdeluxeeditionalsoincludesthenonfictionwork"BraveNewWorldRevisited,""athought-jabbing,terrifyingbook"(ChicagoTribune),firstpublishedin1958.ItisafascinatingessayinwhichHuxleycomparesthemodern-dayworldwithhispropheticfantasyenvisionedinBraveNewWorld.Hescrutinizesthreatstohumanitysuchasoverpopulation,propaganda,andchemicalpersuasion,andexplainswhywehavefounditvirtuallyimpossibletoavoidthem.
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作者简介:
Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) is the author of the classic novels Island, Eyeless in Gaza, and The Genius and the Goddess, as well as such critically acclaimed nonfiction works as The Devils of Loudun, The Doors of Perception, and The Perennial Philosophy. Born in Surrey, England, and educated at Oxford, he died in Los Angeles.
奥尔德斯·赫克斯利，（1889—1963），英国小说家、散文家。
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目录:
Foreword
Brave new world 3
Foreword 5
Brave new world revisited 233
Foreword 235
I Over-population 237
II Quantity, quality, morality 248
III Over-organization 251
IV Propaganda in a democratic society 262
V Propaganda under a dictatorship 269
VI The arts of selling 277
VII Brainwashing 287
VIII Chemical persuasion 296
IX Subconscious persuasion 304
X Hypnopaedia 311
XI Education for freedom 321
XII What can be done? 332
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