Social and Political Thought of George Orwell - A Reassessment

Informationen zum Autor Stephen Ingle Klappentext Stephen Ingle is Professor at the Politics Department, University of Stirling. His main academic interests are in the relationship between politics and literature and in adversarial (two party) politics, especially in the UK. Zusammenfassung George Orwell led a unique life that found expression in a prose style of uncompromising brilliance. Stephen Ingles captures his range of social experience and political vision in this fascinating new study, showing that although Orwell is often read as a socialist, he is best understood as a moralist and imaginative writer. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. In search of Orwell 2. The Shadow of Imperialism 3. The Poor, The Workers and the Decency Myth 4. To the Barricades and back 5. Family and Nation 6. Two plus two equals four 7. Socialism and the Soul of Man 8. Orwell’s Social and Political Thought.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Ingle, Stephen (University of Stirling Ingle, Ingle Stephen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.06.2008
• EAN: 9780415479813
• ISBN: 978-0-415-47981-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Routledge Studies in Social an; Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science