Orwell's Ghosts: Wisdom & Warnings for the 21st Century, Laura Beers

Orwell's Ghosts: Wisdom & Warnings for the 21st Century, Laura BeersNew Hardback Seventy five years after 1984 first published, George Orwell is back. Progressives denounce Orwellian untruths by Trump, Johnson, Putin et al, while conservatives accuse governments and mainstream media of Orwellian censorship. But what does Orwellian really mean? What would the man himself say about these crises, and what can we learn from his ideas? Orwells Ghosts reveals Orwell in all his complexity, exploring his commitment to

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