Liberal Readings from Brave New World: Huxley, Lippmann, Ortega and Dewey Facing Social Homogenization.
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This article analyzes some liberal authors’ critics about the artificially-produced social homogenization. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, is taken as a reference, because this work shows exemplary the link between homogenization and a totalitarian society. From there, the critics to homogenization by Huxley, Walter Lippmann and Ortega y Gasset are studied using concepts from William James. The link between social homogenization and the totalitarian movements of the twentieth century is shown too. The article concludes with a proposal inspired by John Dewey.
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