Masha Karp: George Orwell and Russia

Cover: 9781788317122 | George Orwell and Russia | Masha Karp | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2023

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Beschreibung

For those living in the Soviet Union, Orwell's masterpieces, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, were not dystopias, but accurate depictions of reality. Here, the Orwell scholar and expert on Russian politics, Masha Karp - Russian Features Editor at the BBC World Service for over a decade - explores how Orwell's work was received in Russia, when it percolated into the country even under censorship. Suggesting a new approach to the controversial 'Orwell's list' of 1949, Karp puts into context the articles and letters written by Orwell at the time. She sheds light on how the ideas of totalitarianism exposed in Orwell's writing took root in Russia and, in doing so, helps us to understand the contemporary political reality. As Vladimir Putin's actions continue to shock the West, it is clear we are witnessing the next transformation of totalitarianism, as predicted and described by Orwell. Now, over 70 years after Orwell's death, his writing, at least as far as Russia is concerned, remains as timely and urgent as it has ever been.

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Masha Karp

Zusammenfassung

Interest in Orwell is rising as Russia's political methods - doublespeak, information warfare and fake news, censorship and digital tracking - increasingly echo 1984 and other dystopian writings

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
Note on Translation
List of Abbreviations

Part 1. 'I Have Regarded This Regime With Plain Horror...'

1. The First Vaccination.
2. 'We're All Socialists Nowadays.'
3. Stalinism in Spain.
4. The Totalitarian Enemy.
5. The Russian Myth.

Part 2. 'Don't Let It Happen. It Depends on You.'

6. Opposing the Soviet Menace.
7. 'As I Understand It.'
8. 'Over the Heads of their Rulers.'
9. 'Alone with the Forbidden Book.'
10. 'To Arrest the Course of History.'

Bibliography
Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2023
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781788317122
ISBN-10:	1788317122
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Karp, Masha
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	214 x 137 x 25 mm
Von/Mit:	Masha Karp
Erscheinungsdatum:	15.06.2023
Gewicht:	0,4 kg