{"product_id":"orwells-ghosts-wisdom-and-warnings-for-the-twenty-first-century-9781324075080","title":"Orwell's Ghosts: Wisdom and Warnings for the Twenty-First Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eGeorge Orwell dedicated his career to exposing social injustice and political duplicity, urging his readers to face hard truths about Western society and politics. Now, the uncanny parallels between the interwar era and our own--rising inequality, censorship, and challenges to traditional social hierarchies--make his writing even more of the moment. Invocations of Orwell and his classic dystopian novel \u003cem\u003e1984\u003c\/em\u003e have reached new heights, with both sides of the political spectrum embracing the rhetoric of Orwellianism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eOrwell's Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e, historian Laura Beers considers Orwell's full body of work--his six novels, three nonfiction works, and brilliant essays on politics, language, and the class system--to examine what \"Orwellian\" truly means and reveal the misconstrued thinker in all his complexity. She explores how Orwell's writing on free speech addresses the proliferation of \"fake news\" and the emergence of cancel culture, highlights his vivid critiques of capitalism and the oppressive nature of the British Empire, and, in contrast, analyzes his failure to understand feminism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTimely, wide-ranging, and thought-provoking, \u003cem\u003eOrwell's Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e investigates how the writings of a lionized champion of truth and freedom can help us face the crises of modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324075080\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Laura Beers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43972194959541,"sku":"9781324075080","price":22.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_0c703280-99e6-4d4b-93af-53770e2d5ba2.jpg?v=1713282550","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/orwells-ghosts-wisdom-and-warnings-for-the-twenty-first-century-9781324075080","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}