Political and Cultural Perceptions of George Orwell (eBook)
XIII, 186 Seiten
Palgrave Macmillan US (Verlag)
978-1-349-95254-0 (ISBN)
This book analyzes George Orwell's politics and their reception across both sides of the Atlantic. It considers Orwell's place in the politics of his native Britain and his reception in the USA, where he has had some of his most fervent emulators, exegetists, and detractors. Written by an ex 'teenage Maoist' from Liverpool, UK, who now lives and writes in New York, the book points out how often the different strands of opinion derive from 'ancestral' ideological struggles within the Communist/Trotskyist movement in the 30's, and how these often overlook or indeed consciously ignore the indigenous British politics and sociology that did so much to influence Orwell's political and literary development. It examines in the modern era what Orwell did in his-the seductions of simplistic and absolutist ideologies for some intellectuals, especially in their reactions to Orwell himself.
Ian Williams is Assistant Professor at Bard College Center for Global & International Affairs, USA. He is author of six other books on politics and history and speaks on international affairs and American foreign policy at venues and on media across the world.
This book analyzes George Orwell's politics and their reception across both sides of the Atlantic. It considers Orwell's place in the politics of his native Britain and his reception in the USA, where he has had some of his most fervent emulators, exegetists, and detractors. Written by an ex "e;teenage Maoist"e; from Liverpool, UK, who now lives and writes in New York, the book points out how often the different strands of opinion derive from "e;ancestral"e; ideological struggles within the Communist/Trotskyist movement in the 30's, and how these often overlook or indeed consciously ignore the indigenous British politics and sociology that did so much to influence Orwell's political and literary development. It examines in the modern era what Orwell did in his-the seductions of simplistic and absolutist ideologies for some intellectuals, especially in their reactions to Orwell himself.
Ian Williams is Assistant Professor at Bard College Center for Global & International Affairs, USA. He is author of six other books on politics and history and speaks on international affairs and American foreign policy at venues and on media across the world.
Introduction: Orwell: Good or Ungood?.......................................................................................... 2
Section 1......................................................................................................................................... 9
Chapter I In Defense of Comrade Psmith: the Orwellian treatment of Orwell............................... 9
Chapter II The Orwellian Method.................................................................................................. 21
Chapter III Orwell the Socialist...................................................................................................... 25
Chapter IV Tangential Criticisms................................................................................................... 34
Conclusion................................................................................................................................ 35
Section 2 -In Memoriam- retrospective views.......................................................................... 38
Chapter V Orwell's Own Airstrip One in 2014............................................................................... 38
Chapter VI The Persistence of Pessimism, Oceania 20 years after Nineteen Eighty-Four............... 42
Chapter VII Afterlife of An Atheist................................................................................................ 46
Section 3 Beyond the Telescreen – Snitching, Snooping and Surveillance............................ 62
Chapter VIII No bother about Big Brother...................................................................................... 62
Chapter IX Alexander Cockburn and "Snitching"........................................................................... 67
Chapter X The List......................................................................................................................... 73
"The List".................................................................................................................................. 77
Section 4 What Is Left?................................................................................................................ 82
Chapter XI Disabusing Idiocy? Orwell & the Left............................................................................ 82
Chapter XII Orwell and the Democratic Left.................................................................................. 84
Chapter XIII Striking Back at the Empire......................................................................................... 90
Interlude..................................................................................................................................... 106
Chapter XIV Revolution Is No Tea Party but It's Easier in a Salon: Reading the Leaves Afterwards 106
Chapter XV Orwell and the Left in the United States –the Under-reported side of Oceania!........ 114
Chapter XVI Letters to Oceania?.................................................................................................. 139
Chapter XVII Irving Howe, Orwell’s Prophet in the USA............................................................... 143
Section 6 Cover Bards – Hitchens the Orwell Emulator And His Detractors............................. 158
Chapter XVIII Orwell's Lives........................................................................................................ 158
Chapter XIX Why Hitchens Matters............................................................................................. 164
Chapter XX Christopher Hitchens and Orwell.............................................................................. 171
Chapter XXI Antithesis Incarnate: Christopher Hitchens, A Retrospective Glance......................... 173
Chapter XXII Hitchens and the Iraq War....................................................................................... 183
Chapter XXIII Truth in Journalism................................................................................................ 190
Selected Bibliography................................................................................................................ 194
Notes............................................................................................................................................... 2
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.8.2017 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Political Philosophy and Public Purpose | Political Philosophy and Public Purpose |
| Zusatzinfo | XIII, 186 p. |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften | |
| Schlagworte | Conservative • George Orwell • History • ideologies • Ideology • Journalism • Language and politics • left • Leon Trotsky • Literature and politics • newspeak • Political Philosophy • political theory • Socialist |
| ISBN-10 | 1-349-95254-0 / 1349952540 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-349-95254-0 / 9781349952540 |
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