Isbn: 9783838372952 - the intricate interplay of the human and the machine: aldous huxley?s "brave new world" vision of the future (4 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Aldous Huxley foresaw a world where the line between human beings and machines is increasingly blurred. His 'Brave New World,' a masterpiece of utopian-dystopian fiction, portrays such a world: a place that is no-place for the human ideals of suffering and pain upheld by John, the protagonist of the novel. Instead, humans are conditioned to be non-human, soma-drugged machines whose sole sources of gratification and pleasure are physical, emotional, and sensual superficialities of feeling. These two identities (the human and the machine) interact in Huxley's novel, revealing the endangered condition of humanity in an environment of institutionalized numbness and overall freedom from pain. What, then, is Huxley's vision of the future in his landmark 1932 novel And, most importantly, is this vision of the future still only a vision That is, where does fiction end, and reality begin 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Aldous Huxley foresaw a world where the line between human beings and machines is increasingly blurred. His 'Brave New World,' a masterpiece of utopian-dystopian fiction, portrays such a world: a place that is no-place for the human ideals of suffering and pain upheld by John, the protagonist of the novel. Instead, humans are conditioned to be non-human, soma-drugged machines whose sole sources of gratification and pleasure are physical, emotional, and sensual superficialities of feeling. These two identities (the human and the machine) interact in Huxley's novel, revealing the endangered condition of humanity in an environment of institutionalized numbness and overall freedom from pain. What, then, is Huxley's vision of the future in his landmark 1932 novel And, most importantly, is this vision of the future still only a vision That is, where does fiction end, and reality begin.…

Condizione: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Autor/Autorin: Henningsen MatthewMatthew Henningsen focuses primarily on Aldous Huxley studies. His writing analyzes human/machine relationships, and he discusses the possibility (impossibility?) of human perfection in the so-called Brave New W.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Aldous Huxley foresaw a world where the line between human beings and machines is increasingly blurred. His 'Brave New World,' a masterpiece of utopian-dystopian fiction, portrays such a world: a place that is no-place for the human ideals of suffering and pain upheld by John, the protagonist of the novel. Instead, humans are conditioned to be non-human, soma-drugged machines whose sole sources of gratification and pleasure are physical, emotional, and sensual superficialities of feeling. These two identities (the human and the machine) interact in Huxley''s novel, revealing the endangered condition of humanity in an environment of institutionalized numbness and overall freedom from pain. What, then, is Huxley''s vision of the future in his landmark 1932 novel And, most importantly, is this vision of the future still only a vision That is, where does fiction end, and reality begin VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 76 pp. Englisch.…