{"product_id":"orwells-ghosts","title":"Orwell's Ghosts","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781805264392\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2026\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Hurst Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Finalist,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Book Prize 2025, Biography**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBBC History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eMagazine Book of the Year 2024**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeventy-five years after \u003ci\u003e1984\u003c\/i\u003efirst published, George Orwell is back. Progressives denounce 'Orwellian' untruths by Trump, Johnson, Putin et al, while conservatives accuse governments and mainstream media of 'Orwellian' censorship. But what does 'Orwellian' really mean? What would the man himself say about these crises, and what can we learn from his ideas?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrwell's Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003ereveals Orwell in all his complexity, exploring his commitment to political liberty and economic justice alongside his undeniable chauvinism. This sharp free thinker's commentaries remain invaluable, whether on political truth, disinformation, class, race and empire, or highlighting the promise of socialism and the dangerous appeal of authoritarianism. Even Orwell's misogyny offers troubling lessons about gender politics on the left. All of his books show remarkable resonance between the first half of the twentieth century and today's world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRevisiting Orwell's own age of rapid change and urgent crossroads, this book sheds unique light on both our recent past and our current upheavals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[A] lucid, engaging study.... Beers reaches a satisfying synthesis, writing that Orwell illuminates how \"to resist the temptations of totalitarianism in favour of a more open and democratic socialism\".'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Highly readable and thoughtful...Like some other significant recent works on Orwell, it mixes admiration for the author's\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41859250684037,"sku":"PR432312","price":47.5,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TTG3QTUQOBW0.jpg?v=1789096737","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.co.nz\/products\/orwells-ghosts","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}