Hope Lies in the Proles : George Orwell and the Left
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Hope Lies in the Proles : George Orwell and the Left

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Hope Lies in the Proles : George Orwell and the Left

About this book

George Orwell was one of the most significant literary figures on the left in the twentieth century. While titles such as 1984, Animal Farm and Homage to Catalonia are still rightly regarded as modern classics, his own politics are less well understood. Hope Lies in the Proles offers a sympathetic yet critical account of Orwell's political thinking and its continued significance today. John Newsinger explores various aspects of Orwell's politics, detailing Orwell's attempts to change working-class consciousness, considering whether his attitude towards the working class was romantic, realistic or patronising - or all three at different times. He also asks whether Orwell's anti-fascism was eclipsed by his criticism of the Soviet Union, and explores his ambivalent relationship with the Labour Party. Newsinger also breaks important new ground regarding Orwell's shifting views on the USA, and his relationship with the progressive Left and feminism.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of Abbreviations
  6. Dedication
  7. Introduction: Discovering Orwell
  8. 1. ā€˜Until They Become Conscious They Will Never Rebelā€™: Orwell and the Working Class
  9. 2. ā€˜Why I Join the ILPā€™: Orwell and the Left in the Thirties
  10. 3. ā€˜Giants are Verminā€™: Orwell, Fascism and the Holocaust
  11. 4. ā€˜A Long Series of Thermidorsā€™: Orwell, Pacifism and the Myth of the Peopleā€™s War
  12. 5. ā€˜It is Astonishing How Little Change Has Happenedā€™: Orwell, the Labour Party and the Attlee Government
  13. 6. ā€˜Ceaseless Espionageā€™: Orwell and the Secret States
  14. 7. ā€˜2+2=5ā€™: Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, and the New Left
  15. Conclusion: ā€˜Capitalism has manifestly no futureā€™ ā€“ Orwell Today
  16. Notes
  17. Index