Aldous Huxley: Time of the Oligarchs, Gebunden
Time of the Oligarchs
- On Science, Liberty and Peace
- Publisher:
- Carl Hanser Verlag, 11/2025
- Binding:
- Gebunden
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9783446287259
- Item number:
- 12495846
- Volume:
- 88 Pages
- Edition number:
- 25002
- Ausgabe:
- 2. Auflage
- Weight:
- 139 g
- Format:
- 191 x 119 mm
- Thickness:
- 11 mm
- Release date:
- 18.11.2025
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
Blurb
The prophetical essay about tech oligarchs, power, and boy gangsters by the author of 'Brave New World' - 'Forget Orwell, read Huxley!' Philipp Blom
As early as 1946 and with uncanny clarity, Aldous Huxley foreshadowed our present moment where technological progress has centralized political power in the hands of the few. In times of social upheaval, nationalism and geopolitical power games thrive, while democracy and solidarity come under attack. Aldous Huxley, the master of dystopian literature, describes the dawning age of a tech-oligarchy - a world in which boy gangsters run our governments and where our freedom is put at risk by the law of the strongest. Huxley's prophetic intervention was buried for 80 years. Today, it cuts right to the heart of what we are facing in the 21st century.
Biography
Aldous Huxley wurde 1894 in Godalming / Surrey geboren. Er wurde in Eton erzogen und studierte in Oxford. Nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg arbeitete er als Journalist und Kunstkritiker. Unter dem Einfluß der buddhistischen Lehre und der politischen Ereignisse in Europa entwickelte er sich in den dreißiger Jahren vom amüsiert beobachtenden Satiriker zum leidenschaftlichen Reformator, der die Welt durch eine universale mystische Religion zu heilen versucht. Huxley starb im Jahre 1963.Notes:
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