The abuse of power in George Orwell's Nineteen eighty-four
By: Dedria Bryfonski, book editor
Series: Social issues in literature; Social issues in literature
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9780737748055; 9780737748062
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Chronology; title: ch. 1: Background on George Orwell.  The life of George Orwell / David Morgan Zehr; title: Orwell sees no contradiction between patriotism and socialism / George Orwell; title: Orwell was highly principled / V.S. Pritchett; title: Orwell was morally right on major issues / Christopher Hitchens; title: ch. 2: George Orwell's Nineteen eighty-four and the abuse of power.  Nineteen eighty-four is terrifying because it rings true / Irving Howe; title: Nineteen eighty-four depicts the irrationality of totalitarianism / Alex Zwerdling; title: Nineteen eighty-four predicts the downfall of totalitarianism by the working class / Richard J. Voorhees; title: In Nineteen eighty-four absolute compliance is demanded / Alfred Kazin; title: Nineteen eighty-four warns of the post-World War II threats to personal liberty / Robert F. Gleckner; title: Nineteen eighty-four is about the misuse of power / Julian Symons; title: Nineteen eighty-four promotes the values of the common people / Stephen Ingle; title: Nineteen eighty-four warns of the dehumanization of industrialism / Erich Fromm; title: The capitalist past in Nineteen eighty-four in presented positively / Arthur Eckstein; title: Orwell's private nightmare proved prophetic / T.R. Fyvel; title: Orwell accused the leftist intelligentsia of abuse of power in Nineteen eighty-four / John David Frodsham; title: ch. 3: Contemporary perspectives on the abuse of power.  Islamic totalitarianism is today's version of fascism / Douglas Streusand; title: Autocracies are threatened by the financial crisis / Joshua Kurlantzick; title: Wiretapping by the George W. Bush administration was illegal and should be investigated / Patrick Radden Keefe; title: Technology makes surveillance more prevalent / Peter Funt; title: For further discussion; title: For further reading.