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

ISBN-13: 9781138287013 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 190 str.

Ronald Zigler

Opis

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 which Huxley’s prognoses into our possible futures was prophetic. The author assesses each novel to reveal the foresights that define our current educational, social, religious, political, and economic institutions, while also exposing our conflicts within those institutions.It offers profound insights into the educational forces and moral foundations of our society that shape us, both inside and outside of our schools.

Spis treści

1. Visionary For the 20^th 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

O autorze

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