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Perusing Volume One, I was struck by the sensitivity and the unerring perception in these unknown reviews, ultimately my most enjoyable reading of the year. -- Robert Craft, conductor and writer on music * Times Literary Supplement, (Books Of The Year, Dec.) * There is much to enjoy in these volumes...they are important as a document of his times. * Economist * The editors...have done their job with commendable thoroughness. -- P. N. Furbank * Times Literary Supplement * A striking mastery of English prose as well as a profusion of ideas and insights. -- Stefan Kanfer * The Wall Street Journal * An important and admirable publishing event. * Atlantic Monthly * He writes with an easy assurance and a command of classical and modern cross-references. -- Christopher Hitchens * Los Angeles Times * To read all the essays in sequence is like being enrolled at the college of your dreams. * The New Yorker *
This third volume (including the years 1930-1935) of a projected six reinforces Huxley's stature as one of the most acute and informed observers of the social and ideological trends of the years between the world wars. These essays register his growing ambivalence about the role of technocracy and science in an era of experimentation in the concentration of executive and legislative power. "He was among the few writers who...played with ideas so freely, so gaily, with such virtuosity, that the responsive reader...was dazzled and excited."-Isaiah Berlin. "Commendable."-Times Literary Supplement. "A remarkable publishing event...beautifully produced and authoritatively edited."-Jeffrey Hart, Washington Times. Edited with Commentary by Robert S. Baker and James Sexton.
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Hardcover. Zustand: new. Hardcover. This third volume (including the years 1930-1935) of a projected six reinforces HuxleyAIs stature as one of the most acute and informed observers of the social and ideological trends of the years between the world wars. These essays register his growing ambivalence about the role of technocracy and science in an era of experimentation in the concentration of executive and legislative power. He was among the few writers who.played with ideas so freely, so gaily, with such virtuosity, that the responsive reader.was dazzled and excited.O-Isaiah Berlin. Commendable.O-Times Literary Supplement. A remarkable publishing event.beautifully produced and authoritatively edited.O-Jeffrey Hart, Washington Times. Edited with Commentary by Robert S. Baker and James Sexton. Aldous Huxley's stature as one of the most acute observers of social and ideological trends is reinforced by these essays, which register his growing ambivalence about the role of technocracy and science in an era of experimentation in the concentration of executive and legislative power. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781566633475
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