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La libertà in pericolo
Come funziona uno stato totalitario Orwell lo ha raccontato in modo magistrale in 1984 e nella Fattoria degli animali, i due romanzi distopici cui deve la sua fama. Ma già dalla fine degli anni ’30, in diversi saggi e articoli di cui questo volume offre un’antologia, il grande scrittore inglese ha denunciato il pericolo che i partiti di matrice fascista e nazionalista, ormai al potere in alcuni paesi europei, rappresentavano per la libertà e la democrazia. Con lucida passione in questi scritti Orwell difende i diritti dei cittadini e l’autonomia degli intellettuali, condanna la repressione dei regimi illiberali e mette in guardia contro la minaccia del nuovo Leviatano che soffoca l’Europa, i suoi metodi di manipolazione della realtà e di condizionamento delle coscienze. E «La democrazia è qualcosa di prezioso che bisogna preservare ed estendere; qualcosa che, soprattutto, non bisogna oltraggiare».
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Published July 19, 2024
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George Orwell
1,282 books50.7k followersEric Arthur Blair was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to all totalitarianism (both fascism and stalinism), and support of democratic socialism.
Orwell is best known for his allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945) and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), although his works also encompass literary criticism, poetry, fiction and polemical journalism. His non-fiction works, including The Road to Wigan Pier (1937), documenting his experience of working-class life in the industrial north of England, and Homage to Catalonia (1938), an account of his experiences soldiering for the Republican faction of the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), are as critically respected as his essays on politics, literature, language and culture.
Orwell's work remains influential in popular culture and in political culture, and the adjective "Orwellian"—describing totalitarian and authoritarian social practices—is part of the English language, like many of his neologisms, such as "Big Brother", "Thought Police", "Room 101", "Newspeak", "memory hole", "doublethink", and "thoughtcrime". In 2008, The Times named Orwell the second-greatest British writer since 1945.
Orwell is best known for his allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945) and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), although his works also encompass literary criticism, poetry, fiction and polemical journalism. His non-fiction works, including The Road to Wigan Pier (1937), documenting his experience of working-class life in the industrial north of England, and Homage to Catalonia (1938), an account of his experiences soldiering for the Republican faction of the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), are as critically respected as his essays on politics, literature, language and culture.
Orwell's work remains influential in popular culture and in political culture, and the adjective "Orwellian"—describing totalitarian and authoritarian social practices—is part of the English language, like many of his neologisms, such as "Big Brother", "Thought Police", "Room 101", "Newspeak", "memory hole", "doublethink", and "thoughtcrime". In 2008, The Times named Orwell the second-greatest British writer since 1945.
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