Dehumanization through the Enforcement of Ideology in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World
Dehumanization through the Enforcement of Ideology in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World
Author(s): Renata ReichSubject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universitatii LUCIAN BLAGA din Sibiu
Keywords: Aldous Huxley; Brave New World; dehumanization; ideology; enforcement
Summary/Abstract: The issue of dehumanization in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World has been widely acknowledged and studied throughout the academia, but Huxley suggested that the world he described in the novel might become our constant reality. My essay focuses on verifying Huxley’s theory by relating the matter of dehumanization as it is perceived today to the Althusserian view of ideology and to the manner in which it appears to be enforced in Brave New World. Is mankind headed towards the world described by Huxley or can our humanity, and our free-will, still be salvaged? This is the main question that my essay tries to answer and the facts uncovered by this research reveal an entirely distinct perspective upon what being human means currently, and what it might mean in a (not-so-distant) future.
Journal: East-West Cultural Passage
- Issue Year: 12/2012
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 33-48
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English
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