Encyclopedia of Opinion
Question
What is Brave New World about?
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The Consumer Society

The reading that Huxley's novel is a satire of consumption, in which an order of endless appetite and immediate satisfaction is what secures the population's consent, making the economy rather than the state its real target.

Supporting arguments · 2

  1. Consumption is the mechanism through which the novel's order secures consent
  2. The consumption reading identifies a target the novel's readers belong to