1984 and Philosophy: Is Resistance Futile?Paperback, 22 May 2018

1984 and Philosophy: Is Resistance Futile?
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Part of Series
Popular Culture and Philosophy
Print Length
256 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Open Court
Date Published
22 May 2018
ISBN-10
0812699793
ISBN-13
9780812699791

Description

Although the year 1984 is hurtling back into the distant past, Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four continues to have a huge readership and to help shape the world of 2084. Sales of Orwell's terrifying tale have recently spiked because of current worries about alternate facts, post-truth, and fake news.

1984 and Philosophy brings together brand new, up-to-the-minute thinking by philosophers about Nineteen Eighty-Four as it relates to today's culture, politics, and everyday life. Some of the thinking amounts to thoughtcrime, but we managed to sneak it past the agents of the Ministry of Truth, so this is a book to be read quickly before the words on the page mysteriously transform into something different.

Who's controlling our lives and are they getting even more levers to control us? Is truth objective or just made up? What did Orwell get right--and did he get some things wrong? Are social media opportunities for liberation or instruments of oppression? How can we fight back against totalitarian control? Can Big Brother compel us to love him? How does the language we use affect the way we think? Do we really need the unifying power of hate? Why did Orwell make Nineteen Eighty-Four so desperately hopeless? Can science be protected from poisonous ideology? Can we really believe two contradictory things at once? Who surveils the surveilors?

Product Details

Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
22 May 2018
Dimensions:
22.61 x 14.99 x 1.78 cm
ISBN-10:
0812699793
ISBN-13:
9780812699791
Language:
English
Location:
Chicago
Pages:
256
Publisher:
Open Court
Weight:
430.91 gm

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