This week marks
the 60th anniversary of perhaps the most famous book of the 20th
Century: George Orwell's 1984. It is a book that changed
our language, giving us such words and phrases as "thought police,"
"newspeak," "doublethink," and "Big Brother"—not to mention
"Orwellian." But what, writes Cathy Young, is the relevancy of
Orwell's disturbing novel today? Is it a warning about future
horrors that may come if we fail to guard our freedom? Does it talk
about things that are already present in our lives?
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New at Reason: Cathy Young on the 60th Anniversary of Orwell's 1984
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