feelings as disquiet, anxiety, frustration and even alienation are, according Voegelin, normal." Voegelin argued that drives to overcome alienation may lead to totalitarianism. In art Alienation is most often represented in literature as the psychological isolation of an individual from society or community. In a volume of Bloom's Literary Themes, Shakespeare's Hamlet is described as the 'supreme literary portrait' of alienation, while noting that some may argue for Achilles in the Iliad. In addition, Bartleby, the Scrivener is introduced as a perfect example because so many senses of alienation are present. Other literary works described as dealing with the theme of alienation are: The Bell Jar, Black Boy, Brave New World, The Catcher in the Rye, The Chosen, Dubliners, Othello, Fahrenheit 451, Invisible Man, Mrs Dalloway, Notes from Underground, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, The Stranger and The Myth of Sisyphus, The Trial, The Castle, Waiting for Godot, The Waste Land, and Young Goodman Brown. Contemporary British works noted for their perspective on alienation include The Child in Time, London Fields, Trainspotting, and Regeneration. Sociologist Harry Dahms has analysed The Matrix Trilogy of films in the context of theories of alienation in modern society. He suggests that the central theme of The Matrix is the "all-pervasive yet increasingly invisible prevalence of alienation in the world today, and difficulties that accompany attempts to overcome it". British progressive rock band Pink Floyd's concept album The Wall (1979) and British alternative rock band Radiohead's album OK Computer (1997), both deal with the subject of alienation in their lyrics. See also References Sources External links Alienation, Psychology and Human Resource Management (2006) Co-operatives as spaces of cultural resistance and transformation in alienated consumer society (2006) Culture Crises in Our Youths: A Result of Linguistic Alienation (Nigeria) (2008) Encyclopedic and Dictionary articles on Alienation (misc) Escaping alienation:a philosophy of alienation and dealienation (Philosophy) (2002) Exposing and Overcoming Linguistic Alienation and Linguistic Violence (1998) Cultural politics Emotions Existentialist concepts Philosophy of life Sociological terminology Social philosophy Social rejection Cyberpunk themes