George Orwell's Perverse Humanity: Socialism and Free Speech

by Glenn Burgess

This is the first book to focus primarily on George Orwell's ideas about free speech and related matters - freedom of the press, the writer's freedom of expression, honesty and truthfulness - and, in particular, the ways in which they are linked to his political vision of socialism. Orwell is today claimed by the Left and Right, by neo-conservatives and neo-socialists. How is that possible? Part of the answer, as Glenn Burgess reveals, is that Orwell...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501394657
• ISBN13: 9781501394652
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"