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Autore |
Carr Craig L. <1948-> |
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Titolo |
Orwell, politics, and power / / Craig L. Carr |
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New York : , : Continuum, , 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-5013-0161-6 |
1-282-94785-0 |
9786612947858 |
1-4411-0982-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (177 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Political science - Philosophy |
Politics in literature |
Socialism in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-159) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface -- 1. The Evolution of Oceania -- 2. The Moral Imagination -- 3. The Price of Poverty -- 4. Revolting Pigs -- 5. Technologies of Power -- 6. God is Power -- 7. Orwell into the Future -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Orwell, Politics, and Power takes the political writings in Orwell's literary corpus as a source of inspiration for theorizing about contemporary political issues and themes. By looking at Orwell as a political thinker, the book derives a 'political message' from his works that may qualify as contributions to the liberal political thought. The book argues that Orwell's fears about power becoming its own end resulted from his belief that liberal political culture was under attack by social and economic forces that undermined the foundational beliefs and convictions of liberal political morality |
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