Slave state : a new reading of George Orwell's 1984 /
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Author / Creator: | Lowenthal, David. |
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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 |
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