1984
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1984 was published in 1949- so how did the time period influence this piece? Check this Pop Culture page to get ideas. The 1940s saw the United States enter World War II, the atomic age, and the Cold War; the beginning of a baby boom; and the rise of the middle class. Though Americans initially resisted World War II, it would dominate the decade.Books &Literature, Film, Television & Radio, Music, Performing Arts & Theater, Visual Arts, Recreation & Leisure, Architecture & Housing, and more!Log in using the info on our passwords page
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Following the collapse of the first German democracy, the Weimar Republic, the National Socialist German Workers’ Party rapidly expanded its control after January 30, 1933, through a mixture of legal and pseudo-legal measures, as well as outright violence. The "Führer" and "Volksgemeinschaft" – the "people's community" – were the fundamental myths on which the National Socialists built their state. Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf" as a way to settle scores with his political opponents while he served time in Landsberg prison after his failed putsch of 1923.
In the Media
"Dystopian Donald: Will Trump Make '1984' Look Like a Nursery Tale?" by Tom Engelhardt, Salon.com
"George Orwell’s ‘1984’ Is Suddenly a Best-Seller," by Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura, New York Times
"Orwell’s '1984' and Trump’s America," by Adam Gropnik, The New Yorker
George Orwell's London: The places and pubs that inspired the 1984 writer- GoLondon
“1984” AT SEVENTY: WHY WE STILL READ ORWELL’S BOOK OF PROPHECY- New Yorker
As Orwell's 1984 Turns 70 It Predicted Much Of Today's Surveillance Society- Forbes
George Orwell's '1984': What's come true from the dystopian novel? - Insider
Why are we still obsessed with George Orwell's 1984?- Telegraph
Socrates & Pre-Truth Politics- Philosophy Now 2017
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