Description
| Product ID: | 9781911723028 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Orwell’s Ghosts |
| Subtitle: | Wisdom and Warnings for the 21st Century |
| Authors: | Author: Laura Beers |
| Page Count: | 224 |
| Subjects: | Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, European history, History, Political science and theory, Political ideologies and movements, European history, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, Political science & theory, Political ideologies, 21st century |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating With Orwell claimed by all sides of the culture wars, returning to his own world and words offers sharp and surprising lessons for today’s crises. Seventy-five years after 1984 first published, George Orwell is back. Progressives denounce ‘Orwellian’ untruths by Trump, Johnson, Putin et al, while conservatives accuse governments and mainstream media of ‘Orwellian’ censorship. But what does ‘Orwellian’ really mean? What would the man himself say about these crises, and what can we learn from his ideas? Orwell’s Ghosts reveals Orwell in all his complexity, exploring his commitment to political liberty and economic justice alongside his undeniable chauvinism. This sharp free thinker’s commentaries remain invaluable, whether on political truth, disinformation, class, race and empire, or highlighting the promise of socialism and the dangerous appeal of authoritarianism. Even Orwell’s misogyny offers troubling lessons about gender politics on the left. All of his books show remarkable resonance between the first half of the twentieth century and today’s world. Revisiting Orwell’s own age of rapid change and urgent crossroads, this book sheds unique light on both our recent past and our current upheavals. |
| Imprint Name: | C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-06-13 |