On Nineteen Eighty-Four: Orwell and Our Future

by Jack L. Goldsmith, Martha C. Nussbaum, Abbott Gleason

George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is among the most widely read books in the world. For more than 50 years, it has been regarded as a morality tale for the possible future of modern society, a future involving nothing less than extinction of humanity itself. Does Nineteen Eighty-Four remain relevant in our new century? The editors of this book assembled a distinguished group of philosophers, literary specialists, political commentators,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691113610
• ISBN13: 9780691113616
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"