The Humanised God in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World

Abstract

The humanised God wanders the skies and the factories alike. The concept has a double-edged meaning, for while it describes God when ascribed with human traits, it also refers to man when assembled with divine attributes all the same. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the (human) image of God and the factors responsible in shaping it; like space, consciousness, and language. A human god with the name of Ford is present in Huxley’s Brave New World, and it raises the question where that would leave his followers and world to. Our aim is to inquire the presence and the role of a humanised god, his dehumanised beings, the different spaces, and the religious language in the novel, and to show how religious belief is unavoidable. To fulfil the purpose of our investigation and unfold our problematic, we will direct our research through a qualitative and interdisciplinary approach, shifting between the psychoanalytical, religious, postmodern, and linguistic viewpoints.