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Orwell Versus Huxley: Economics, Technology, Privacy, and Satire

Year: 2000

Type: article

Abstract: Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four and Huxley's novel Brave New World have often been thought prophetic commentaries on economic, political, and social matters. I argue, with particular reference to the supposed applicability of these novels to issues of technology and privacy, that the novels are best understood as literary works of art, rather than as social science or commentary, and that when so viewed Orwell's novel in particular reflects a dissatisfaction with everyday life and a nostalgia for Romantic values.

Source: Philosophy and literature

DOI: 10.1353/phl.2000.0015

Author: Richard A Posner

Institutions: University of Chicago, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Language: English

Topic: Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction

Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3122819520

FWCI: 1,025

Cites: 129

Cited by: 197

Related to: 10