{"product_id":"on-nineteen-eighty-four-orwell-and-our-future-9780691113616","title":"On Nineteen Eighty-Four: Orwell and Our Future","description":"\u003cp\u003eGeorge Orwell's \u003ci\u003eNineteen Eighty-Four\u003c\/i\u003e is among the most widely read books in the world. For more than 50 years, it has been regarded as a morality tale for the possible future of modern society, a future involving nothing less than extinction of humanity itself. Does \u003ci\u003eNineteen Eighty-Four\u003c\/i\u003e remain relevant in our new century? The editors of this book assembled a distinguished group of philosophers, literary specialists, political commentators, historians, and lawyers and asked them to take a wide-ranging and uninhibited look at that question. The editors deliberately avoided Orwell scholars in an effort to call forth a fresh and diverse range of responses to the major work of one of the most durable literary figures among twentieth-century English writers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As \u003ci\u003eNineteen Eighty-Four\u003c\/i\u003e protagonist Winston Smith has admirers on the right, in the center, and on the left, the contributors similarly represent a wide range of political, literary, and moral viewpoints. The Cold War that has so often been linked to Orwell's novel ended with more of a whimper than a bang, but most of the issues of concern to him remain alive in some form today: censorship, scientific surveillance, power worship, the autonomy of art, the meaning of democracy, relations between men and women, and many others. The contributors bring a variety of insightful and contemporary perspectives to bear on these questions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Abbott Gleason\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/29\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.32h x 6.10w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691113616","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44383872745609,"sku":"9780691113616","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_02a04936-49db-49d8-9bd5-c0a904e76679.jpg?v=1752014225","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/on-nineteen-eighty-four-orwell-and-our-future-9780691113616","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}