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Hope Lies in the Proles : George Orwell and the Left.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Pluto Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (209 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781786801890
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Hope Lies in the ProlesDDC classification:
  • 823.912
LOC classification:
  • PR6029.R8 .N497 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Discovering Orwell -- 1. 'Until They Become Conscious They Will Never Rebel': Orwell and the Working Class -- 2. 'Why I Join the ILP': Orwell and the Left in the Thirties -- 3. 'Giants are Vermin': Orwell, Fascism and the Holocaust -- 4. 'A Long Series of Thermidors': Orwell, Pacifism and the Myth of the People's War -- 5. 'It is Astonishing How Little Has Happened': Orwell, the Labour Party and the Attlee Government -- 6. 'Ceaseless Espionage': Orwell and the Secret States -- 7. '2+2=5': Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, and the New Left -- Conclusion: 'Capitalism has manifestly no future' - Orwell Today.
Summary: A critical account of George Orwell's politics, exploring his anti-fascism, criticism of the USSR and enduring commitment to socialism.
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Cover -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Discovering Orwell -- 1. 'Until They Become Conscious They Will Never Rebel': Orwell and the Working Class -- 2. 'Why I Join the ILP': Orwell and the Left in the Thirties -- 3. 'Giants are Vermin': Orwell, Fascism and the Holocaust -- 4. 'A Long Series of Thermidors': Orwell, Pacifism and the Myth of the People's War -- 5. 'It is Astonishing How Little Has Happened': Orwell, the Labour Party and the Attlee Government -- 6. 'Ceaseless Espionage': Orwell and the Secret States -- 7. '2+2=5': Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, and the New Left -- Conclusion: 'Capitalism has manifestly no future' - Orwell Today.

A critical account of George Orwell's politics, exploring his anti-fascism, criticism of the USSR and enduring commitment to socialism.

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