Aldous Huxley's Brave New World - Still a Chilling Vision After All These Years

Authors

Bob Barr, U.S. House of Representatives

Abstract

In Part I of this Review, I provide an overview of Brave New World and place it in its proper historical context. In Part II, I explore the parallels between Huxley's World State and post-9/11 America. In Part III, I argue that Brave New World provides prescient warning signs about the dangers of excessive government interference in the economy-warning signs that are of particular importance in the face of the recent economic crisis.

Recommended Citation

Bob Barr, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World - Still a Chilling Vision After All These Years, 108 Mich. L. Rev. 847 (2010).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol108/iss6/2