Lars a publié une critique de Brave New World par Aldous Huxley
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5 étoiles
4.6
Mass Market Paperback, 284 pages
Langue : French
Publié 11 octobre 2002 par Pocket.
Le Meilleur Des Mondes
Défi, réquisitoire, utopie, ce livre mondialement célèbre, chef-d'oeuvre de la littérature d'anticipation, a fait d'Aldous Huxley l'un des témoins les plus lucides de notre temps. « Aujourd'hui, devait écrire l'auteur près de vingt ans après la parution de son livre, il semble pratiquement possible que cette horreur s'abatte sur nous dans le délai d'un siècle. Du moins, si nous nous abstenons d'ici là de nous faire sauter en miettes... Nous n'avons le choix qu'entre deux solutions : ou bien un certain nombre de totalitarismes nationaux, militarisés, ayant comme racine la terreur de la bombe atomique, et comme conséquence la destruction de la civilisation (ou, si la guerre est limitée, la perpétuation du militarisme) ; ou bien un seul totalitarisme supranational, suscité par le chaos social résultant du progrès technologique. »
Défi, réquisitoire, utopie, ce livre mondialement célèbre, chef-d'oeuvre de la littérature d'anticipation, a fait d'Aldous Huxley l'un des témoins les plus lucides de notre temps. « Aujourd'hui, devait écrire l'auteur près de vingt ans après la parution de son livre, il semble pratiquement possible que cette horreur s'abatte sur nous dans le délai d'un siècle. Du moins, si nous nous abstenons d'ici là de nous faire sauter en miettes... Nous n'avons le choix qu'entre deux solutions : ou bien un certain nombre de totalitarismes nationaux, militarisés, ayant comme racine la terreur de la bombe atomique, et comme conséquence la destruction de la civilisation (ou, si la guerre est limitée, la perpétuation du militarisme) ; ou bien un seul totalitarisme supranational, suscité par le chaos social résultant du progrès technologique. »
marionline a publié une critique de Brave New World par Aldous Huxley
Read for School
2 étoiles
Read in and for English class in school. Would likely not have read it on an other occasion, although the themes and things discussed are thought provoking, I didn't really enjoy the book.
Read in and for English class in school. Would likely not have read it on an other occasion, although the themes and things discussed are thought provoking, I didn't really enjoy the book.
ouch6854@comelibros.club a publié une critique de Brave New World par Aldous Huxley
A bit too "on-the-nose"
3 étoiles
I guess it might be the point of the book, but I couldn't feel that any character was real, everything felt stereotypical; while at the same time that "prediction" of the future does not seem plausible to me.
And I repeat, it might be the point of the book, so, if that is the case, then great job. I just did not enjoy it or gained any interesting insight.
I guess it might be the point of the book, but I couldn't feel that any character was real, everything felt stereotypical; while at the same time that "prediction" of the future does not seem plausible to me.
And I repeat, it might be the point of the book, so, if that is the case, then great job. I just did not enjoy it or gained any interesting insight.
dsctm3 a publié une critique de Brave New World par Aldous Huxley
Another Authoritarianism dystopian classic. A difficult read however.
3 étoiles
Read this immediately afte reading the Orwell classic, 1984. I admit, I struggled reading this book. The method of story telling, with the switching of character perspective was difficult to follow. The idea of the book became far more clearer as the book progressed and became clear especially towards the end.
However the ideas presented in the book and their demonstration was thought provoking.
Read this immediately afte reading the Orwell classic, 1984. I admit, I struggled reading this book. The method of story telling, with the switching of character perspective was difficult to follow. The idea of the book became far more clearer as the book progressed and became clear especially towards the end.
However the ideas presented in the book and their demonstration was thought provoking.
Steven💉🌿🏨4All🚃🇺🇦 a publié une critique de Brave New World par Aldous Huxley
Review of 'Brave New World' on 'Goodreads'
4 étoiles
There is much to be learned from reading this book and it is easy to forget that it was written early in the last century, not this one. Sadly, the warnings Huxley offers about what society was becoming were largely ignored and we've come to a society that so closely mirrors his "civilization" that it could have been a metaphor about our current state of affairs written by a contemporary author.
It is a very short novel but full of warnings and lessons that are as applicable, or even more so, today as they were in 1930. It is a lesson in mass manipulation by the media and big pharma. It is a lesson in treating people ultimately as mere resource rather than persons. And it is a lesson in extremes, extreme pain v. extreme pleasure and the wrongheadedness in submitting to either.
There is much to be learned from reading this book and it is easy to forget that it was written early in the last century, not this one. Sadly, the warnings Huxley offers about what society was becoming were largely ignored and we've come to a society that so closely mirrors his "civilization" that it could have been a metaphor about our current state of affairs written by a contemporary author.
It is a very short novel but full of warnings and lessons that are as applicable, or even more so, today as they were in 1930. It is a lesson in mass manipulation by the media and big pharma. It is a lesson in treating people ultimately as mere resource rather than persons. And it is a lesson in extremes, extreme pain v. extreme pleasure and the wrongheadedness in submitting to either.
