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Orwell as Public Intellectual: Anarchism, Communism and the New Left

Stevenson, Nick

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This article seeks to recover the importance of George Orwell as a critical public intellectual. Orwell remains a controversial figure for both The New Left and Anarchists during the post-war period. Here I seek to recover the complexity of Orwell’s writing which ranged across a number of political traditions including anarchism, liberalism and democratic socialism against some of the charges made by prominent members of the New Left. Especially critical at this juncture were a number of anarchist writers who were more receptive to Orwell’s influence. In the concluding section I seek to argue that Orwell while not an anarchist remains an important figure for those concerned about the growing authoritarianism of the twenty-first century.

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Stevenson, N. (2021). Orwell as Public Intellectual: Anarchism, Communism and the New Left. Anarchist Studies, 29(1), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.3898/AS.29.1.01

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 9, 2020
Online Publication Date Mar 16, 2021
Publication Date Mar 16, 2021
Deposit Date Oct 20, 2020
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Anarchist Studies
Print ISSN 0967-3393
Publisher Lawrence and Wishart
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 29
Issue 1
Pages 1-21
DOI https://doi.org/10.3898/AS.29.1.01
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4977839
Publisher URL https://lwbooks.co.uk/product/orwell-as-public-intellectual-anarchism-communism-and-the-new-left-anarchist-studies-29-1-spring-2021

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