1st Edition

The Educational Prophecies of Aldous Huxley The Visionary Legacy of Brave New World, Ape and Essence and Island

By Ronald Zigler Copyright 2015
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

The visionary legacy of Aldous Huxley is as relevant today as ever. Huxley possessed a sober understanding of the human condition as well as an inspired vision of the human potential. This volume presents an interdisciplinary examination and appreciation of Aldous Huxley’s three visionary novels – Brave New World (1932), Ape and Essence (1948), and Island (1962) – to reveal the extent to... Read more

1. Visionary For the 20th Century 2. Brave New World: Pseudo-Utopian Vision and Populist Nightmare 3. Ape and Essence: Dystopian Vision and Theocratic Nightmare of the Elite 4. An Island For The New Age: Huxley’s True Utopian Vision 5. The Future of Our Prophecies

Biography

Ronald Lee Zigler is Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at Penn State Abington, PA, USA.