George Orwell

The Principles of Newspeak

Type:: paper
Date:: June 08, 1949
In:: Law and Government, Philosophy of Language

Newspeak was the official language of Oceania and had been devised to meet the ideological needs of Ingsoc, or English Socialism. In the year 1984 ... » Go

George Orwell Letter to Noel Willmett on Intellectuals and Totalitarianism

Type:: paper
Date:: June 09, 1944
In:: Truth?

intellectuals are more totalitarian in outlook than the common people. On the whole the English intelligentsia have opposed Hitler, but only at the price of ... » Go

George Orwell on the Narrative Over Truth

Type:: quote
Date:: June 08, 1943
In:: Postmodernism, Truth?

Early in life I have noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a newspaper, but in Spain, for the first time, I saw ... » Go