The term “hive mind” was originally used to describe the behavior of social insectslike bees and ants. Later, writers began using it to describe malevolent collective intelligencethat eradicates individuality. However, with time, the meaning of the phrase becameambiguous as some later writers began using it in a neutral or positive sense. This paper aims to investigate the implications of the historical ambiguity of the term“hive mind” in the context of the dystopian novel. The paper goes through a detailed analysisof Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and George Orwell’s 1984 to unravel the intricacies ofthe hive mind phenomenon.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mau-67557 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Gramatikov, Valentin |
| Publisher | Malmö universitet, Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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