The abuse of power in George Orwell's Nineteen eighty-four

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Greenhaven Press
Language
English
Pages
215

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2010, Greenhaven Press
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2010, Greenhaven Press
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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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Detroit
Series
Social issues in literature, Social issues in literature

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Dewey Decimal Class
823/.912
Library of Congress
PR6029.R8 N49385 2010

The Physical Object

Pagination
215 p. :
Number of pages
215

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Open Library
OL24435337M
ISBN 10
0737748052, 0737748060
ISBN 13
9780737748055, 9780737748062
LCCN
2009042503
OCLC/WorldCat
441153864

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