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Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences, 2021, 4(9); doi: 10.25236/AJHSS.2021.040919.

The Construction of Post-human Society in Brave New World

Author(s)

Yakun Zhang

Corresponding Author:
Yakun Zhang
Affiliation(s)

College of Foreign Language, Bohai University, Jinzhou, Liaoning, China

Abstract

Brave New World was published in 1932 and became one of the “Dystopian Trilogy” in the 20th century. It raised people’s attentions and concerns about the life in the future. This article starts by analyzing the development process of post human and post-human society. It reveals that post-human society is the inevitable result of social development. But in the process, a serious of problems will also arise at the same time. The post-human society in Brave New World just shows a society full of contradictions and problems with post human. Based on analysis of the fiction, the problem brought by the development of post-human society can be taken into consideration. And we should recognize the real progress of post-human society lies in the comprehensive improvement of technology, ethics, civilization and virtue.

Keywords

Brave New Worlds, post-human society, post human

Cite This Paper

Yakun Zhang. The Construction of Post-human Society in Brave New World. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (2021) Vol. 4, Issue 9: 126-130. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2021.040919.

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