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1984 and Philosophy: Is Resistance Futile? (Popular Culture and Philosophy (116)) by Ezio Di Nucci; Stefan Storrie; Open Court Publishing Company is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Although the year 1984 is hurtling back into the distant past, Orwell’s novel <i>Nineteen Eighty-Four</i> 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.<br><br> <i>1984 and Philosophy</i> brings together brand new, up-to-the-minute thinking by philosophers about <i>Nineteen Eighty-Four</i> 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.<br><br> 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 ha

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Author

Ezio Di Nucci; Stefan Storrie; Open Court Publishing Company

Publisher

Open Court Books

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780812699791

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Philosophy, Political Science, Literary Fiction

Rating

4 / 5 (1 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-24