멋진 신세계의 기술정부의 권력의 작동 = The Operation of Power in Technocracy in Brave New World

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This essay explores how the power of technocracy operates in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. Though it is regarded as the first representative distopian SF fiction, Brave New World is based on Huxley's critical insights into the condition of Europe of the 1920s. In Brave New World Huxley foretells the establishment of technocracy based on tremendous development of science and technology. Huxley is mostly concerned that the immoderate advance and the side effect of science and technology might threaten human life all over the world, when especially combined with Fascism. Therefore Huxley warns the possible exercise of violent and dangerous power of technocracy in controlling citizens. Unlike the totalitarian state led by Big Brother in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty Four, the new world, led by seemingly gentle and comprehensive controllers like Mustapha Mond, seems to guarantee happiness and comfort to all citizens. However, this technocracy also uses violence in order to sustain its control over citizens. Furthermore, most citizens brainwashed by the government don't realize their own oppression, even though some sensitive citizens are conscious of the potential violence and oppression of the technocracy. In this way Huxley successfully reveals critical insights into the technocracy government combined with Fascism in Brave New World.