The different aspects will be combined with the motto of the World State in Brave New World: “Community, Identity, Stability” 4. To complete it, the last type of conditioning, the chemical manipulation will be looked at. Thereafter, the use of psychological conditioning with the methods of behaviourism, sleep-teaching and hypnopaedia is an essential theme.
According to the order in the novel, the biological engineering in the pre-natal status will be discussed at first. This study is meant to focus on the three types of conditioning prevailing in Brave New World. One of the most powerful tools is conditioning in various forms. 3 Therefore, the state rulers need means of control. But this state is only achieved by eliminating intellectualism, values or individual freedom. In leisure dystopian societies like in Brave New World, all problems have officially been abolished and the people are living in wealth and happiness. More precisely, Huxley‟s Brave New World could be regarded as a kind of “leisure dystopia” 1 which is defined as an “utopia gone wretched or failed paradise-engineering projects.” 2 The fine line between utopia and dystopia becomes visible. Huxley draws a picture of a future including the misuse of political power, economic control, sciences and technology, biological engineering, mass consumption and the loss of ethical values. His description of a world state in the future, in which people are conditioned and manipulated from the cradle to the grave is meant to be a warning of the danger of dehumanization. Unquestionably, Aldous Huxley‟s Brave New World, written in 1931, is one of the most fascinating dystopian novels. The essential role of conditioning in the “utopian” world 2 The use of psychological conditioningģ. The various forms of conditioning in Brave New WorldĢ.
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