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Avtor v predstavlenii ne nuzhdaetsi͡a. A vot ego amplua politicheskogo publit͡sista po-russki eshche ne raskryto. V ėsse What Are You Going to Do About It?: The Case for Constructive Peace (1936), opublikovannom nakanune Vtoroĭ mirovoĭ, Khaksli razvenchivaet 11 raskhozhikh suzhdeniĭ o nevozmozhnosti zhizni bez voĭny, snabzhai͡a stikhiĭnykh pat͡sifistov rat͡sionalʹnoĭ argumentat͡sieĭ. Vtorai͡a rabota Science, Liberty and Peace (1946) - ėto razvernutyĭ otklik na pervui͡u assamblei͡u OON, v kotorom on vesʹma prozorlivo oboznachaet vnutrennie izʺi͡any skladyvai͡ushchegosi͡a mirovogo pori͡adka, vyskazyvaetsi͡a o tom, kak tekhnicheskiĭ progress ukrepli͡aet diktaturu, o neobkhodimosti alʹternativy ėkonomike masshtaba, ob opasnosti poli͡arizat͡sii. Khaksli ne tolʹko podnimaet na udivlenie aktualʹnye voprosy, no i predlagaet varianty reshenii͡a - utopicheskie tolʹko na pervyĭ vzgli͡ad. Obʺedinennye pod odnoĭ oblozhkoĭ raboty, ėto ne tolʹko vzgli͡ad na mir "do" i "posle" katastrofy, ėto primer intellektualʹnoĭ chestnosti i vysokogo gumanizma, kachestv defit͡sitnykh vo vse vremena. V nastoi͡ashchiĭ sbornik voshli vpervye izdannye po-russki ėsse klassika angliĭskoĭ literatury Oldosa Khaksli, napisannye s 1931 po 1963 god. Osobyĭ interes predstavli͡ai͡ut ego razmyshlenii͡a o mirovom pori͡adke i perspektivakh razvitii͡a obshchestva, opublikovannye nakanune Vtoroĭ mirovoĭ voĭny i vskore posle nee. Khaksli ne tolʹko podnimaet aktualʹnye do sikh por voprosy, no i predlagaet varianty reshenii͡a - utopicheskie tolʹko na pervyĭ vzgli͡ad. V drugikh ėsse sbornika soderzhatsi͡a putevye zametki, razmyshlenii͡a ob iskusstve, a takzhe o ego transt͡sendentnom opyte. Knigu proilli͡ustrirovala Sasha Skochilenko. Izdatelʹstvo Überbau, perevod s angliĭskogo - Masterskai͡a literaturnogo perevoda Dmitrii͡a Simanovskogo.

The author needs no introduction. But his role as a political publicist in Russian has not yet been revealed. In the essay What Are You Going to Do About It?: The Case for Constructive Peace (1936), published on the eve of World War II, Huxley debunks 11 common beliefs about the impossibility of life without war, providing spontaneous pacifists with rational arguments. The second job Science, Liberty and Peace (1946) is a detailed response to the first UN Assembly, in which he very presciently identifies the internal flaws of the emerging world order, speaks about how technological progress strengthens dictatorship, the need for alternatives to economies of scale, and the danger of polarization. Huxley not only raises surprisingly topical issues, but also offers solutions that are utopian only at first glance. The works combined under one cover are not only a look at the world "before" and "after" the disaster, they are an example of intellectual honesty and high humanism, qualities that are in short supply at all times. This collection includes the first published essays in Russian by the classic of English literature, Aldous Huxley, written from 1931 to 1963. Of particular interest are his reflections on the world order and the prospects for the development of society, published the day before. The Second World War and shortly after it. Huxley not only raises the issues that are still relevant, but also offers solutions that are utopian only at first glance. Other essays in the collection contain travelogues, reflections on art, as well as his transcendental experiences. The book was illustrated by Sasha Skochilenko. Überbau Publishing House, translated from English — Dmitry Simanovsky's Literary Translation workshop.