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Published Jan. 7, 1992 by Alfred A. Knopf.

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Nineteen Eighty-Four (also stylised as 1984) is a dystopian social science fiction novel and cautionary tale written by English writer George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. Thematically, it centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance and repressive regimentation of people and behaviours within society. Orwell, a democratic socialist, modelled the totalitarian government in the novel after Stalinist Russia and Nazi Germany. More broadly, the novel examines the role of truth and facts within politics and the ways in which they are manipulated. The story takes place in an imagined future, the year 1984, when much of the world has fallen victim to perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance, historical negationism, and propaganda. Great Britain, known as Airstrip One, has become a province of the totalitarian superstate Oceania, ruled by the Party, who employ …

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„Das ist doch das Buch mit dem totalitären Überwachungsstaat. Big Brother is watching you!“. Wohl eines der bekanntesten Bücher überhaupt, immer wieder wird es genannt, wenn es in einer Diskussion um Überwachung und Datenschutz geht – aber wer hat es denn wirklich gelesen? Bei mir lag die letzte Lektüre wohl Jahrzehnte zurück, vermutlich noch in der Schulzeit. Also habe ich es mir nochmal vorgenommen – und war erstaunt: Ja, natürlich ist die totale Überwachung ein wesentliches Element dieses Buches. Aber eigentlich geht es um viel mehr. Es geht um die Frage: Was kann ein einzelner einem übermächtigen Staat entgegensetzen? Und noch viel mehr darum: Was ist eigentlich Wahrheit?
In diesem Buch ist Winston Smith, ein eher niederes Mitglied der PARTEI, in seinem Beruf ständig damit beschäftigt, die Vergangenheit zu korrigieren, indem alte Zeitungsartikel, Bücher, ja sogar literarische Werke an die aktuelle Situation angepasst werden. Denn: Die Partei hat immer …

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The contributions of this book are far too grand for me to go into all details here. To make it short, I believe that Orwell provided a fitting explanation of how individual thought is suppressed under totalitarian regimes. The principles of doublethink are also used in democratic states whenever it is politically necessary to hold two conflicting opinions. I even claim that it is a politician's most essential skill to perform this mental gymnastics convincingly.

However, this propaganda does not necesarrily manage to convince everybody. Regardless of the political system, it seems that generally, the people under its influence tend to root for it. But also regardless of the system, the capacity for subversive ideas can never be eliminated. Whether this capacity is actually of any use, though, depends on the system. The dystopian world of 1984 deals with subversive thoughts in such an efficient way, that revolutionary spirit is …

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Subjects

  • Smith, Winston
  • dystopiat
  • totalitarismi
  • yhteiskuntaluokat
  • toisinajattelijat
  • diktaattorit
  • suurvallat
  • tieteiskirjallisuus
  • diktatuuri
  • satiiri tulevaisuus
  • valvonta
  • tulevaisuus uhkakuvat
  • klassikot 1940-luku Iso-Britannia
  • totalitarism
  • suomenkielinen kirjallisuus
  • klassikot
  • kaupungit Lontoo
  • valta
  • tulevaisuus
  • poliittiset järjestelmät
  • ideologiat
  • Lontoo
  • Iso-Britannia
  • London
  • Storbritannien