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With the third national lockdown under way, how can E.M. Forster's neglected masterpiece help us survive the next few months?
In the current health crisis, authorities use our need for security and private firms our desire for entertainment to encourage us to give up our civil rights.
When two of Britain's most influential voices clashed over allied bombing of Germany, Orwell took an unusual line.
'Dystopia' is a term that's gained popularity during the coronavirus pandemic. But it's not a synonym for 'a bad time,' and a government's poor handling of a crisis does not constitute dystopia.
The bestselling novel turned film exposes paradoxes of fixing a broken system with its own tools. As we collectively meditate on the world's problems, why not imagine better worlds?
In the year 1984, there was self-congratulatory coverage that the dystopia of the novel had not been realized. However, an expert argues that the technologies described in the novel are here and watching us.
George Orwell's dystopian classic can tell us a lot about contemporary politics and power, from Donald Trump to Facebook.
An impressive solo performance of Orwell's classic novella by Renato Musolino portrays a world not so far from our own.
Why don't politicians just say what they mean? Because we might not like it.
Donald Trump's language has disturbing similarities to the words and verbal tactics used by fascists, including his cries of "fake news" and his obsessive exaggerations about his achievements.
There's no shortage of problems facing humanity. Science's role in how to tackle them has long been debated – including memorably by two of the 20th century's greatest literary figures.
Boris Johnson and Michael Gove may not be the stuff of Orwell's dystopian nightmare, but they clearly know how to talk in 'doublespeak'.
We gave four scholars from different disciplines a chance to offer their opinions on this important question.
It is a tall order to try to become wise. And the bad news is that it appears harder than many philosophers have thought.
On the centenary of Anthony Burgess’s birth – A Clockwork Orange had a profound influence on the cultural and political landscape.
Alternative facts owe more to Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World than Orwell's 1984.
Every crystal ball has a shelf life, even the most prescient.
The best selling book on Amazon is '1984' – which was originally published in 1949. A historian from Case Western Reserve University considers how the novel helps us think about our present moment.
Truth’s victory over hate propaganda is neither automatic nor preordained. It requires a commitment to equal rights and norms of tolerance.
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Earth and paleo-climate scientist, Australian National University
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Professor, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
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Professor of Health Sciences, University of South Australia
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Research Fellow, University of Exeter, University of Exeter
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Richard Gunderman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Lecturer in Linguistics, Monash University
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Lecturer of English, University of Liverpool
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Reader in Digital Culture and Communication, University of East London
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Tutor in Modern European Culture, UCL
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in American Studies, University of Hull
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Associate Professor of Journalism, Hong Kong Baptist University
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Professor in Global Thought and Comparative Philosophies, SOAS, University of London
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Managing Director of the McCourtney Institute of Democracy, Co-host of Democracy Works Podcast, Penn State
