Why Orwell Matters

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• simonebrunozzi · Jul 17, 2022 · Recommends

  - Christopher Hitchens (possibly THE biggest expert on Orwell in the late 20th century, and a great intellectual IMHO) on "Why Orwell Matters" + Q&A (2002) [0]. - Why I write [1] [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I-FfrkGiWQ [1]: https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwel...

  on “George Orwell’s 1940 Review of Mein Kampf” ↗
• andrewcooke · Feb 14, 2010 · Recommends

  Hitchens has also written a nice book on Orwell - http://www.amazon.com/Why-Orwell-Matters-Christopher-Hitchen...

  on “Why Orwell Endures” ↗
• xacaxulu · Aug 25, 2015 · Recommends

  Christopher Hitchens has an amazing book called "Why Orwell Matters" and I strongly advise reading it. He also does a takedown of Kissinger in "The Trial of Henry Kissinger".

  on “UK surveillance “worse than 1984” says new UN privacy chief” ↗
• ArkyBeagle · Apr 3, 2016 · Recommends

  It's worth going to "Why Orwell Matters" for much emphasis on this insight. It was written by a (then ex-)Trot, Christopher Hitchens. It'll sound like Rand, which is isn't really meant to, but the issue is and will always be individualism…

  on “George Orwell in Spain” ↗
• ArkyBeagle · Jun 12, 2013 · Recommends

  It might be worth reading "Why Orwell Matters" first. It's not a large book, and having a map helps.

  on “1984” ↗
• dobbsbob · Oct 31, 2013 · Mentions

  Christopher Hitchens has a few hour long talks recorded on youtube about his book 'Why Orwell matters' and explains what gave him that kind of insight. 1984 was widely distributed in the Soviet underground and those who read it could not figure out how Orwell understood perfectly what life under Stalin…

  on “George Orwell: Politics and the English Language (1946)” ↗
• Jedd · Aug 12, 2016 · Mentions

  I recall reading one of Christopher Hitchens' essays on language, where he referred back to this essay of Orwell's. (I don't believe it was in his book 'Why Orwell Matters', but maybe it was.) Hitch is possibly best known now as a vocal anti-theist, but his writings on language (mis-)use are delightful pieces.

  on “George Orwell, “Politics and the English Language” (1946)” ↗
• rmrfstar · Aug 19, 2020 · Mentions

  "In a subtle and deadly way, the dictator can dirty enough people up to make them all complicit in his rule, or I suppose her rule". C. Hitchens (2005). "Why Orwell Matters"

  on “California DMV Is Selling Drivers' Data to Private Investigators” ↗