CONFLICT BETWEEN MODERNIZATION AND ANTIMODERNIZATION: KEN KESEY'S ONE FLEW THE CUCKOO'S NEST Bian Mudong (98) Built on the basis of modernization, the American civilization is nonetheless en cumbered with modernization itself and thus results in conflict. The way to solv e the dilemma is merely fleeing and keeping away from modern civilization. This is the gist of One Flew the Cuckoos Nest, a novel by the American writer Ken Kesey. While the idealistic idyllic dream can hardly come true, the author makes an assessment of the antimodernization showing both its good points and shortcomings.