Orwell and Huxley: Making Dissent Unthinkable

• 主要作者: WILLIAMS, John N.
• 格式: text
• 語言: English
• 出版: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2002
• 主題: Philosophy
• 在線閱讀: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/7; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/1006/viewcontent/OrwellHuxleyDissertUnthinkable_2002_wp.pdf

In this paper I compare the fictional world depicted by Orwell’s 1984 with that of Huxley’s Brave New World from the point of view of an analytic philosopher. Neither novel should be read as predictions, the accuracy of which can be used to judge them. Rather, both attempt to portray what humanity c...