LEADER 02503nam 22004453 450 001 9910827372803321 005 20231110215853.0 010 $a1-78914-428-0 035 $a(CKB)4100000011979744 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6675083 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6675083 035 $a(OCoLC)48176755 035 $a(BIP)079450080 035 $a(PPN)262060582 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011979744 100 $a20210901d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAldous Huxley 210 1$aLondon :$cReaktion Books, Limited,$d2021. 210 4$dİ2021. 215 $a1 online resource (208 pages) 225 1 $aCritical Lives 311 $a1-78914-427-2 327 $aCover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Island Universes -- 1. Bildung and Roman, 1894-1921 -- 2. Dangerous Liaisons, 1921-8 -- 3. Intimations of Technocracy, 1928-33 -- 4. The Oceanic Feeling, 1933-9 -- 5. The Perennial Philosophy, 1939-45 -- 6. Following the Tao, 1945-54 -- 7. Death and the Moksha-medicine, 1954-63 -- Epilogue -- References -- Select Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Photo Acknowledgements. 330 8 $a"An outstanding book."--James Sexton "A welcome and necessary update of the life of one of the twentieth century's most provocative intellectuals."--Dana Sawyer A rich and lucid account of Aldous Huxley's life and work. Aldous Huxley was one of the twentieth century's most prescient thinkers. This new biography is a rich and lucid account that charts the different phases of Huxley's career: from the early satirist who depicted the glamorous despair of the postwar generation, to the committed pacifist of the 1930s, the spiritual seeker of the 1940s, the psychedelic sage of the 1950s--who affirmed the spiritual potential of mescaline and LSD--to the New Age prophet of Island. While Huxley is still best known as the author of Brave New World, Jake Poller argues that it is The Perennial Philosophy, The Doors of Perception, and Island--Huxley's blueprint for a utopian society--that have had the most cultural impact. 410 0$aCritical Lives 610 $aEnglish Literature 676 $a823.912 700 $aPoller$b Jake$01617820 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827372803321 996 $aAldous Huxley$94096858 997 $aUNINA