LEADER 03581nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910782009503321 005 20230207225614.0 010 $a1-84964-476-4 010 $a1-281-75032-8 010 $a9786611750329 010 $a1-4356-6202-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000533593 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH22933764 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000110602 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11778086 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110602 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10064816 035 $a(PQKB)10425108 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3386292 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3386292 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10479819 035 $a(OCoLC)244546543 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000533593 100 $a20040616d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe betrayal of dissent$b[electronic resource] $ebeyond Orwell, Hitchens and the new American century /$fScott Lucas 210 $aLondon ;$aSterling, Va. $cPluto$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (336 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7453-2197-6 311 $a0-7453-2198-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 233-316) and index. 330 8 $aSince his death in 1950, George Orwell has been canonised as England's foremost political writer, and the standard-bearer of honesty and decency for the honourable 'Left'. In this controversial polemic, Scott Lucas argues that the exaltation of Orwell, far from upholding dissent against the State, has sought to quash such opposition. Indeed, Orwell has become the icon of those who, in the pose of the contrarian, try to silence public opposition to US and U K foreign policy in the 'War on Terror'.Lucas's lively and readable critique of public intellectuals including Christopher Hitchens, Michael Walzer, David Aaronovitch, and Johann Hari - who have all invoked Orwellian honesty and decency to shut down dissent - will appeal to anyone disillusioned with the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Lucas contends that these leading journalists and commentators have used Orwell to justify their own political transition from radicals to upholders of the establishment. All of them play influential roles in supporting the UK and US governments' charge that opponents of war -- and those who question the motives behind American foreign policy and its implementation -- should be condemned as 'appeasers of mass murder'.This controversial book shows how Orwell has been used since 9/11 to justify, in the guise of independent thought, the suppression of dissent. We must rescue ourselves from Orwell and from those who take on his guise so, as Lucas puts it, our 'silencing is... vital to a "manufacture of consent" for the wars which are supposedly being fought in our name and for our good'. 606 $aDissenters$zUnited States 606 $aGovernment, Resistance to$zUnited States 606 $aSocial control$zUnited States 606 $aWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009 606 $aIraq War, 2003-2011 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2001-2009 615 0$aDissenters 615 0$aGovernment, Resistance to 615 0$aSocial control 615 0$aWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009. 615 0$aIraq War, 2003-2011. 676 $a320.01 700 $aLucas$b Scott$0538381 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782009503321 996 $aThe betrayal of dissent$93712327 997 $aUNINA