Work in the Big Brother Society: The Phenomenon of Work as Control and Reproduction of Social Mobility in the Big Brother Society - Dystopian Correspondences between Literature and Reality
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: INTRODUCTION ImportBy the unhelpful term "Big Brother society," we mean the state described by author George Orwell in his book "Nineteen Eighty-Four."George Orwell was born in Montihari, Bengal, in 1903 and died in 1950 in London.His real name was Eric Arthur Blair, while his pseudonym was inspired by the Orwell River in eastern England from his first book, "A Man in Paris and London", in 1933. 1 The change of his name expressed and coincided with a reversal in his lifestyle, his transformation from a pillar of the British imperial establishment system, to a rebel of letters and politics 2 .With studies at Eton College 3 and a career as a civil servant in Burma, he soon found himself on the other side, passionately serving human freedom, actively participating in the Spanish Civil War 4 .Typical examples of the dynamic ideological mutation were his resignation from the Imperial Police on New Year's Day 1928, as well as his refusal to continue as head of the BBC 5 in 1943, taking up the position of literary editor of the left-wing socialist newspaper Tribune.6 After many works -such as: "Such, Such Were the Joys" (1911), "Burmese Days" (1922), "To Kill an Elephant" (1922), "A Hanging" (1922), "The Clergyman's Daughter" (1935), "Let the Shield Fly" 1 Authentic Title : "Down and out in Paris and in London" 2 Papyrus Larous Britannica , volume 47, Papyrus Publications, Athens 1993, p. 127 3 From 1917 to 1921, where he studied on a scholarship at Eton College, he had Aldous Huxley as his spiritual mentor.[ Source:(2) ] 4 Philosophical-Sociological Dictionary, Kapopoulos Publications, p. 115 5 During his service at the BBC, he saw one of the first high-tech cameras.This event inspired the technological part of "1984" 6 This newspaper was associated with the labour leader Aneurin Bevan.
Author: Aris Asproulis
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4411622412