Human values in a mass society: a reading of George Orwell's novels

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Goodall, Peter. 2012. "Human values in a mass society: a reading of George Orwell's novels." Semler, L. E., Hodge, Bob and Kelly, Philippa (ed.) What is the human? Australian voices from the humanities. Melbourne, Australia. Australian Scholarly Publishing. pp. 139-153

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Chapter Title	Human values in a mass society: a reading of George Orwell's novels
Book Chapter Category	Edited book (chapter)
ERA Publisher ID	1273
Book Title	What is the human? Australian voices from the humanities
Author	Goodall, Peter
Editors	Semler, L. E., Hodge, Bob and Kelly, Philippa
Page Range	139-153
Chapter Number	9
Number of Pages	15
Year	2012
Publisher	Australian Scholarly Publishing
Place of Publication	Melbourne, Australia
ISBN	9781921875601
Abstract	Orwell's 1984 is a sustained meditation on what it means to be 'human', especially in the mass societies of the future. Orwell links humane values, not to the privileged or the intelligentsia, but to the common people. This view of the human has its roots in Orwell's work from the beginning, but it reaches its final statement - albeit an ambiguous one - in his final novel, 1984.
Keywords	George Orwell; 1984; human; proles; privacy; big brother; surveillance
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020	470504. British and Irish literature
	449999. Other human society not elsewhere classified
	500305. Epistemology
Public Notes	© L. E. Semler, Bob Hodge and Philippa Kelly 2012. Originally presented as a paper at: The Human and Humanities in Literature, Language and Culture, 4-6 Feb 2009, Sydney, Australia.
Byline Affiliations	Macquarie University
Institution of Origin	University of Southern Queensland

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