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K Birch

Orwell Centenary: From 2003 to 1984 - 5 views

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1984 George Orwell feature article

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  • Orwell Centenary: From 2003 to 1984
  • Feature Article
  • The Britain of Nineteen Eighty-Four has been subsumed within Oceania - blocked with the Americas (plus Australasia and South Africa) and designated Airstrip One. At the time of the book's publication
Muirgen O Seighin

The Eclipse of Postwar Optimism : Western Civilization II Guides - 2 views

westerncivguides.umwblogs.org/...he-eclipse-of-postwar-optimism

postwar optimism philosophy

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  • After the destruction and numerous deaths of World War II, Europeans began to question their Enlightenment roots. They began to doubt fundamental “truths.”
  • existentialism
  • ultimate values
  • ...3 more annotations...
  • n existence before essence
  • He said we are “condemned to be free”
    • K Birch
      K Birch on 04 Sep 12
       
      interesting oxymoron!
  • “enormous expansion of state power,”
K Birch

Orwell's 1984: Was Orwell Right? - 2 views

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George Orwell feature article 1984

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  • Orwell's 1984: Was Orwell Right?
  • Paper Presented to the Sixth International Revisionist Conference.
  • Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. -- O'Brien in 1984 Every government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed. -- I. F. Stone
K Birch

Physical Control in 1984 - 15 views

Would you count the uniform they are made to wear as physical control, psychological control, or both? They are hadly flattering so are obviously not intended to instil a sense of pride or high sta...

1984 control totalitarianism physical control

started by Danielle Palmer on 24 Aug 12 5 follow-ups, last by K Birch on 27 Aug 12
Katerina Cau

1984 Quotes By George Orwell - 1 views

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1984 Orwell control totalitarianism quotes

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  • Katerina Cau on 26 Aug 12
     
    "You are a slow learner, Winston.""How can I help it? How can I help but see what is in front of my eyes? Two and two are four.""Sometimes, Winston. Sometimes they are five. Sometimes they are three. Sometimes they are all of them at once. You must try harder.
Katerina Cau

Big Brother is watching you - 1 views

www-scf.usc.edu/...Analysis.html

1984 Orwell control totalitarianism

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  • Katerina Cau on 26 Aug 12
     
    George Orwells 1984 presents the depressing world of Oceania, a totalitarian state that often resembles a technologically advanced Stalinist Russia. The novel constructs the face of an omniscient government through the briefly subversive life of Winston Smith, an average, outer party (middle class) man.
K Birch

The Proles 1984 - 5 views

http://www.socialistworld.net/doc/4812 http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/4/newsid_2496000/2496277.stm

1984 themes symbols

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K Birch

technology - controlling the population in 1984 - By McTaggart and Holzheimer - 4 views

http://digitaljournal.com/article/317277 what links are there to this today? What would've prompted Orwell in his time to include warnings about this kind of technology?

1984 themes control

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K Birch

Language Control - 3 views

http://debatewise.org/debates/250-does-language-control-thought/ a good if basic summary of the main arguments for and against. These days perhaps it's more about whether complex ideas can be conv...

language Newspeak

started by Kalo Chan on 24 Aug 12 1 follow-up, last by K Birch on 26 Aug 12
K Birch

What the telescreens symbolise in 1984 - 4 views

http://epublications.bond.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1071&context=hss_pubs p 18 and 49 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/us/police-tracking-of-cellphones-raises-privacy-fears.html?pagewant...

telescreens symbols totalitarianism control

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K Birch

Controlling of Information and History - 6 views

http://www.cfr.org/china/media-censorship-china/p11515 http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/14/russia-protests-media-idUSL6E7NB0GQ20111214 http://blog.indexoncensorship.org/2012/05/23/andrew-mar...

history control erase

started by Katerina Cau on 24 Aug 12 2 follow-ups, last by K Birch on 26 Aug 12
K Birch

Psychological techniques - 4 views

http://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speech/new-government-propaganda-bill-positive-step-first-amendment

1984 Orwell themes control george george orwell Propaganda totalitarianism

started by bella black on 24 Aug 12 1 follow-up, last by K Birch on 26 Aug 12
Robyn Moss

Rise of Modern Propaganda - 0 views

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Psychological control 1984 Propaganda themes

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  • Robyn Moss on 24 Aug 12
     
    "The British were the first to develop an extensive system of war propaganda. In the later part of World War One, the Department of Information was formed to coordinate the government's propaganda efforts."
Julietta Close

The symbol of Proles - 1 views

The Proles in 1984 are the mindless mass of people who are ignorant of what is going on in the world but they are happy. They don't even realize they're being oppressed by the conglomerated, power-...

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Hannah Smith

The ubiquitously placed Telescreens in 1984 - 0 views

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1984 telescreen symbol

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  • With their dual ability to blast Party propaganda and to view and hear the exact goings-on in a room, these telescreens are a visible symbol as well as the direct means of the Party’s constant monitoring of its subjects. They also symbolize the tendency of totalitarian governments to abuse technology to further their own ends instead of to improve living standards.
Hannah Smith

SparkNotes: 1984: Themes, Motifs & Symbols - 1 views

www.sparknotes.com/...themes.html

technology 1984 telescreen symbol

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  • Physical Jerks
  • Technology By means of telescreens and hidden microphones across the city, the Party is able to monitor its members almost all of the time. Additionally, the Party employs complicated mechanisms (1984 was written in the era before computers) to exert large-scale control on economic production and sources of information, and fearsome machinery to inflict torture upon those it deems enemies. 1984 reveals that technology, which is generally perceived as working toward moral good, can also facilitate the most diabolical evil.
  • The Telescreens The omnipresent telescreens are the book’s most visible symbol of the Party’s constant monitoring of its subjects. In their dual capability to blare constant propaganda and observe citizens, the telescreens also symbolize how totalitarian government abuses technology for its own ends instead of exploiting its knowledge to improve civilization.
Kelly Stewart

The Telescreen - 0 views

doggo.tripod.com/doggtelescreen.html

modern society telescreen

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  • high-tech surveillance and censorship program known in China as "Golden Shield." The
  • Kelly Stewart on 24 Aug 12
     
    The Age of the Telescreen Arrives
Robyn Moss

1984 Themes - GradeSaver - 0 views

www.gradesaver.com/...major-themes

1984 Propaganda Psychological control themes

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  • Robyn Moss on 24 Aug 12
     
    Psychological control demonstrated by the inner party themes of propaganda
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