Research Article

BIOPOLITICS OF BODY IN ALDOUS HUXLEY’S BRAVE NEW WORLD

Number: 8 December 30, 2022
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BIOPOLITICS OF BODY IN ALDOUS HUXLEY’S BRAVE NEW WORLD

Abstract

Aldous Huxley is a well-known English writer who has had a major influence on the subsequent writers directly or indirectly. A prolific writer of a variety of books including novels, short stories, essays, screenplays, and travel books, Huxley is especially famous for the novel Brave New World (1932). The novel depicts the World State in 632 A. F. (after Ford); it is controlled by Mustapha Mond, and people are born through artificial wombs. Since the novel was published, it has attracted much attention not only in the field of literature but also in the field of biology. Hailed as one of the most outstanding dystopian novels, the novel provides precise delineations of a racist and totalitarian regime, the World State, characterized by the advanced biotechnology, overpowering hedonism as well as deliberately devised emotional numbness. It is obvious that life, especially the biological existence of people, becomes not only the cornerstone but also the prey of politics—biopolitics. Michel Foucault’s term, biopolitics, is the basis of the biopolitical frame, within which, Brave New World is closely examined in this paper. The novel reflects a biopolitical aim which is to shelter and improve life through the biological regulation with advanced bio-science as well as biotechnology. In this respect, this study intends to carry out a detailed analysis of biopolitics reflected in Brave New World, represented by biological regulation pertaining to life making and setting, medicalization, and sexuality.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 30, 2022

Submission Date

November 22, 2022

Acceptance Date

December 25, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Number: 8

APA
Ağır, B. (2022). BIOPOLITICS OF BODY IN ALDOUS HUXLEY’S BRAVE NEW WORLD. International Journal of Filologia, 8, 152-161. https://doi.org/10.51540/ijof.1208501
AMA
1.Ağır B. BIOPOLITICS OF BODY IN ALDOUS HUXLEY’S BRAVE NEW WORLD. IJOF. 2022;(8):152-161. doi:10.51540/ijof.1208501
Chicago
Ağır, Barış. 2022. “BIOPOLITICS OF BODY IN ALDOUS HUXLEY’S BRAVE NEW WORLD”. International Journal of Filologia, nos. 8: 152-61. https://doi.org/10.51540/ijof.1208501.
EndNote
Ağır B (December 1, 2022) BIOPOLITICS OF BODY IN ALDOUS HUXLEY’S BRAVE NEW WORLD. International Journal of Filologia 8 152–161.
IEEE
[1]B. Ağır, “BIOPOLITICS OF BODY IN ALDOUS HUXLEY’S BRAVE NEW WORLD”, IJOF, no. 8, pp. 152–161, Dec. 2022, doi: 10.51540/ijof.1208501.
ISNAD
Ağır, Barış. “BIOPOLITICS OF BODY IN ALDOUS HUXLEY’S BRAVE NEW WORLD”. International Journal of Filologia. 8 (December 1, 2022): 152-161. https://doi.org/10.51540/ijof.1208501.
JAMA
1.Ağır B. BIOPOLITICS OF BODY IN ALDOUS HUXLEY’S BRAVE NEW WORLD. IJOF. 2022;:152–161.
MLA
Ağır, Barış. “BIOPOLITICS OF BODY IN ALDOUS HUXLEY’S BRAVE NEW WORLD”. International Journal of Filologia, no. 8, Dec. 2022, pp. 152-61, doi:10.51540/ijof.1208501.
Vancouver
1.Barış Ağır. BIOPOLITICS OF BODY IN ALDOUS HUXLEY’S BRAVE NEW WORLD. IJOF. 2022 Dec. 1;(8):152-61. doi:10.51540/ijof.1208501

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