{"product_id":"aldous-huxley-jake-poller-9781789144277","title":"Aldous Huxley","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"An outstanding book.\"--James Sexton\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A welcome and necessary update of the life of one of the twentieth century's most provocative intellectuals.\"--Dana Sawyer\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rich and lucid account of Aldous Huxley's life and work.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Aldous Huxley was one of the twentieth century's most prescient thinkers. This new biography is a rich and lucid account that charts the different phases of Huxley's career: from the early satirist who depicted the glamorous despair of the postwar generation, to the committed pacifist of the 1930s, the spiritual seeker of the 1940s, the psychedelic sage of the 1950s--who affirmed the spiritual potential of mescaline and LSD--to the New Age prophet of \u003ci\u003eIsland\u003c\/i\u003e. While Huxley is still best known as the author of \u003ci\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/i\u003e, Jake Poller argues that it is \u003ci\u003eThe Perennial Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Doors of Perception\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIsland\u003c\/i\u003e--Huxley's blueprint for a utopian society--that have had the most cultural impact.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jake Poller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1789144272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781789144277\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJake Poller\u003c\/b\u003e teaches in the English department at Queen Mary, University of London. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAldous Huxley and Alternative Spirituality\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of \u003ci\u003eAltered Consciousness in the Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jake Poller","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047644819711,"sku":"9781789144277","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9e3d7a22-01ba-44e9-a3e3-2eb6e0c8ee83.jpg?v=1684991404","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/aldous-huxley-jake-poller-9781789144277","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}