The World, the Flesh and the Devil: An Inquiry into the Future of the Three Enemies of the Rational Soul

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Title	The World, the Flesh and the Devil: An Inquiry into the Future of the Three Enemies of the Rational Soul
Year for Search	1929
Authors	Bernal, J[ohn] D[esmond](1901-1971)
Tertiary Authors	Bernal, J. D.
Date Published	1929
Publisher	Kegan Paul & Co
Place Published	London
Keywords	English author, Irish author, Male author
Annotation	The book was originally announced under the title “Possibilities” and published in the “To-Day and To-Morrow” series. It is presented as speculative prediction that focuses on space travel, the physical modification of humans, and the psychological changes these will bring about (and the resistance to them based in human psychology), but the section on human modification includes a brief non-fictional eutopia in the Stapledonian mode. After a life of 60 to 120 years of living, people will be surgically modified and provided with mechanical extensions of their senses and re-educated. In addition, people will develop mental connections to others that will ultimately produce a group mind, and this entity will be essentially immortal. See Andrew Brown, J.D. Bernal, Sage of Science (Oxford, Eng.: Oxford University Press, 2007, which discusses the book on pp, 71-77. See also Freeman J. Dyson, The World, The Flesh and the Devil. The Third J.D. Bernal Lecture delivered at Birkbeck College 16^th May 1972. London: Birkbeck College, 1972.
Additional Publishers	2^nd ed. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1969. U.K. ed. London: Jonathan Cape, 1970. Originated as a lecture give in Cambridge in March 1929 and a version was published under the same title as the book in Psyche 9.4 (1929): 3-26.
Info Notes	The book was originally announced under the title “Possibilities” and published in the “To-Day and To-Morrow” series. See Andrew Brown, J.D. Bernal, Sage of Science (Oxford, Eng.: Oxford University Press, 2007, which discusses the book on pp, 71-77. See also Freeman J. Dyson, The World, The Flesh and the Devil. The Third J.D. Bernal Lecture delivered at Birkbeck College 16^th May 1972. London: Birkbeck College, 1972.
Holding Institutions	C, L, VUW
Author Note	The author (1901-1971) was born in Ireland.
Full Text	1929 Bernal, J[ohn] D[esmond] (1901-1971). The World, the Flesh and the Devil: An Inquiry into the Future of the Three Enemies of the Rational Soul. London: Kegan Paul & Co. 2^nd ed. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1969. U.K. ed. London: Jonathan Cape, 1970. Originated as a lecture give in Cambridge in March 1929 and a version was published under the same title as the book in Psyche 9.4 (1929): 3-26. C, L, VUW The book was originally announced under the title “Possibilities” and published in the “To-Day and To-Morrow” series. It is presented as speculative prediction that focuses on space travel, the physical modification of humans, and the psychological changes these will bring about (and the resistance to them based in human psychology), but the section on human modification includes a brief non-fictional eutopia in the Stapledonian mode. After a life of 60 to 120 years of living, people will be surgically modified and provided with mechanical extensions of their senses and re-educated. In addition, people will develop mental connections to others that will ultimately produce a group mind, and this entity will be essentially immortal. See Andrew Brown, J.D. Bernal, Sage of Science (Oxford, Eng.: Oxford University Press, 2007, which discusses the book on pp, 71-77. See also Freeman J. Dyson, The World, The Flesh and the Devil. The Third J.D. Bernal Lecture delivered at Birkbeck College 16^th May 1972. London: Birkbeck College, 1972. The author was born in Ireland.