Virtual Learning
Originally aired: Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 11AM
Webinar: Classics Revisited – Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
panelists + moderator
Prof. Michael Sugrue
Professor of History at Ave Maria University, BA in History from the University of Chicago, M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University
Kristy Goebel
Bibliotheca
Attendee Responses + Information
Are people better off with happiness than with truth? What if individual happiness were defined as the ability to satisfy personal needs and success as a society equated with economic growth and prosperity? Enter a dystopian future created by Aldous Huxely centered around the Utilitarian philosophy in Brave New World. Professor Michael Sugrue, Ph.D. will break apart this classic and dive into a discussion of what a society looks like when it is pleasure based and if that leads to a meaningful life. A live Q&A with the professor will follow the lecture of this great novel!
Bibliotheca is happy to share these additional resources and references related to and/or mentioned during this webinar.
You may also like
Insights + Trends
Protecting Access: Concrete ways to Prepare for and Respond to Book Challenges
Join this live webinar to explore timely strategies that will help your library safeguard access, navigate book challenges, and uphold the right to read.
Bibliotheca Returns to ALA with New Self-Service Technologies
Discover Bibliotheca’s latest self-service, automation, and access innovations at ALA 2025. Visit Booth #1705 in Philadelphia.
Matthew Bellamy Appointed CEO of Bibliotheca, Strengthening the Company’s Commitment to Library Innovation
Bellamy brings decades of experience and will lead Bibliotheca’s global strategy to strengthen libraries in a rapidly changing world.
