{"product_id":"9781789144277","title":"Aldous Huxley","description":"Author: Jake Poller\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781789144277\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jan 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 240\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAldous 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, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46852923457694,"sku":"ADS-9781789144277","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781789144277.jpg?v=1779064838","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781789144277","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}