Why Orwell Matters

Why Orwell Matters

by Christopher Hitchens
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 06/08/2008

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"Hitchens presents a George Orwell fit for the twenty-first century." --Boston Globe


In this widely acclaimed biographical essay, the masterful polemicist Christopher Hitchens assesses the life, the achievements, and the myth of the great political writer and participant George Orwell. True to his contrarian style, Hitchens is both admiring and aggressive, sympathetic yet critical, taking true measure of his subject as hero and problem. Answering both the detractors and the false claimants, Hitchens tears down the façade of sainthood erected by the hagiographers and rebuts the critics point by point. He examines Orwell and his perspectives on fascism, empire, feminism, and Englishness, as well as his outlook on America, a country and culture toward which he exhibited much ambivalence. Whether thinking about empires or dictators, race or class, nationalism or popular culture, Orwell's moral outlook remains indispensable in a world that has undergone vast changes in the seven decades since his death. Combining the best of Hitchens' polemical punch and intellectual elegance in a tightly woven and subtle argument, this book addresses not only why Orwell matters today, but how he will continue to matter in a future, uncertain world.

ISBN:
9780786725892
9780786725892
Category:
Social & political philosophy
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
06-08-2008
Language:
English
Publisher:
Basic Books
Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011) was a contributing editor Vanity Fair and a colummnist for Slate. He was the author of numerous books, including works on Thomas Jefferson, George Orwell, Mother Teresa, Henry Kissinger and Bill and Hillary Clinton, as well as his international bestseller and National Book Award nominee, God Is Not Great.

His memoir, Hitch-22, was nominated for the Orwell Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.

The most recent of his numerous books are the international bestsellers God is Not Great, Hitch-22, Arguably and Mortality.

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