Brave New World Revisited (P.S.)
出版社:
HarperCollins
出版时间:
2006-09
ISBN:
9780060898526
定价:
94.80
装帧:
平装
开本:
其他
纸张:
胶版纸
页数:
144页
正文语种:
英语
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WhenthenovelBraveNewWorldfirstappearedin1932,itsshockinganalysisofascientificdictatorshipseemedaprojectionintotheremotefuture.Here,inoneofthemostimportantandfascinatingbooksofhiscareer,AldousHuxleyuseshistremendousknowledgeofhumanrelationstocomparethemodern-dayworldwithhispropheticfantasy.Hescrutinizesthreatstohumanity,suchasoverpopulation,propaganda,andchemicalpersuasion,andexplainswhywehavefounditvirtuallyimpossibletoavoidthem.BraveNewWorldRevisitedisatrenchantpleathathumankindshouldeducateitselfforfreedombeforeitistoolate. AldousHuxley(1894-1963)istheauthoroftheclassicnovelsIsland,EyelessinGaza,andTheGeniusandtheGoddess,aswellassuchcriticallyacclaimednonfictionworksasTheDevilsofLoudun,TheDoorsofPerception,andThePerennialPhilosophy.BorninSurrey,England,andeducatedatOxford,hediedinLosAngeles.
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内容简介:
WhenthenovelBraveNewWorldfirstappearedin1932,itsshockinganalysisofascientificdictatorshipseemedaprojectionintotheremotefuture.Here,inoneofthemostimportantandfascinatingbooksofhiscareer,AldousHuxleyuseshistremendousknowledgeofhumanrelationstocomparethemodern-dayworldwithhispropheticfantasy.Hescrutinizesthreatstohumanity,suchasoverpopulation,propaganda,andchemicalpersuasion,andexplainswhywehavefounditvirtuallyimpossibletoavoidthem.BraveNewWorldRevisitedisatrenchantpleathathumankindshouldeducateitselfforfreedombeforeitistoolate.
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作者简介:
AldousHuxley(1894-1963)istheauthoroftheclassicnovelsIsland,EyelessinGaza,andTheGeniusandtheGoddess,aswellassuchcriticallyacclaimednonfictionworksasTheDevilsofLoudun,TheDoorsofPerception,andThePerennialPhilosophy.BorninSurrey,England,andeducatedatOxford,hediedinLosAngeles.
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