Slave state : a new reading of George Orwell's 1984 /

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Author / Creator:Lowenthal, David.
Imprint:South Bend, Indiana : St. Augstine's Press, [2021]
Description:1 online resource ( 1 volume)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12691271
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ISBN:1587318431
9781587318436
9781587318443
158731844X
Notes:Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 30, 2021).
Other form:Print version: LOWENTHAL, DAVID. SLAVE STATE. [S.l.] : ST AUGUSTINE'S PRESS, 2021 1587318431
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. Orwell's Moral and Political Standards before 1984
  • Sketch of Life and Writings
  • Critique of Perfectionism
  • Critique of Hedonism
  • Free and Equal Brothers
  • Critique of Power Politics
  • Increasing Pessimism
  • On His Predecessors
  • Part 2. The Teaching of Good and Evil in 1984
  • The Plan of the Work
  • Winston's Situation
  • How is Revolt Possible?
  • Nature and the Good
  • Evil
  • The Highest Human Type
  • The Greatest Evil
  • Winston's Defeat
  • Part 3. From Earthly Paradise to Earthly Hell
  • Origin of the Regime
  • Prediction or Warning?
  • Why No Political Alternatives
  • Motives for Writing 1984
  • Notes
  • Index