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The abuse of power in George Orwell's Nineteen eighty-four
2010, Greenhaven Press
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The abuse of power in George Orwell's Nineteen eighty-four
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Table of Contents
Chronology
ch. 1: Background on George Orwell. The life of George Orwell / David Morgan Zehr
Orwell sees no contradiction between patriotism and socialism / George Orwell
Orwell was highly principled / V.S. Pritchett
Orwell was morally right on major issues / Christopher Hitchens
ch. 2: George Orwell's Nineteen eighty-four and the abuse of power. Nineteen eighty-four is terrifying because it rings true / Irving Howe
Nineteen eighty-four depicts the irrationality of totalitarianism / Alex Zwerdling
Nineteen eighty-four predicts the downfall of totalitarianism by the working class / Richard J. Voorhees
In Nineteen eighty-four absolute compliance is demanded / Alfred Kazin
Nineteen eighty-four warns of the post-World War II threats to personal liberty / Robert F. Gleckner
Nineteen eighty-four is about the misuse of power / Julian Symons
Nineteen eighty-four promotes the values of the common people / Stephen Ingle
Nineteen eighty-four warns of the dehumanization of industrialism / Erich Fromm
The capitalist past in Nineteen eighty-four in presented positively / Arthur Eckstein
Orwell's private nightmare proved prophetic / T.R. Fyvel
Orwell accused the leftist intelligentsia of abuse of power in Nineteen eighty-four / John David Frodsham
ch. 3: Contemporary perspectives on the abuse of power. Islamic totalitarianism is today's version of fascism / Douglas Streusand
Autocracies are threatened by the financial crisis / Joshua Kurlantzick
Wiretapping by the George W. Bush administration was illegal and should be investigated / Patrick Radden Keefe
Technology makes surveillance more prevalent / Peter Funt
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