Blueprint for an Anarchist Sunrise: How to Dream in a Pragmatic Way
Uwe Rasch
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| Keywords | Blueprint Politics Dream Utopia Dimension graph theory Key lock Exploit Posthuman Epistemology Aesthetics Law Environmental ethics Connection principal bundle Symbol formal |
| Key points | Argues that Huxley's engagement with entheogens shaped his later political and educational program, culminating in the utopian vision of Island. |
Abstract
AbstractThis chapter first traces the most relevant biographical events of Huxley’s final years from the 1950s to 1963. While the previous chapter focused on his continued warnings of the trends that curb freedom and democracy, this chapter instead focuses on his campaign to protect and increase individual freedom and exploit its creative and ethical potentialities. In 1953, Huxley first tried mescaline in a controlled setting, and thence psychoactive substances (or entheogens) became central to his political and educational programme. His final political statement, the utopia Island, forms the centre piece of this chapter.