| Popis: |
Orwell is remembered as a passionate defender of truth. As Lionel Trilling declared: ‘He told the truth, and told it in an exemplary way’. Orwell, in fact, was not averse to lying and repeatedly stressed the utility of shared illusions in political life, but he also worried that the very concept of objective truth was fast disappearing from the world. This chapter examines the reasons for these concerns, considering contemporary debates about the nature and role of truth within socialism, fascism, and liberalism. Focusing on Nineteen Eighty-Four, it examines Orwell’s fraught defence of truth and sets out to determine why he regarded it as a foundation stone of freedom. |
