Orwell's Australia: From Cold War to Culture Wars (Scribe Short Books) - Softcover

Glover, Dennis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0908011563 ISBN 13: 9780908011568

Publisher: Scribe Publications Pty Ltd., 2004

Synopsis

George Orwell has had an astonishing influence on Australian politics often in ways he would have disapproved of fiercely. Today, one hundred years after his birth, his relevance is growing rather than diminishing.
Orwells' insights and values represent a challenge and an opportunity for the Australian left - especially because a host of public institutions and once-unquestioned rights are being attacked by a determined and ideologically driven band of radical conservatives, many of whom justify their beliefs through an appeal to the socialist George Orwell.
Orwell's Australia argues that, in an era of global war and national insecurity, the Australian left must once again become the defenders of our way of life and political institutions - just as Orwell wanted the English left to do half a century ago. The left needs to reclaim Orwell for Australia's good.

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About the Author

Dennis Glover is the coeditor of For the People: Reclaiming Our Government and New Voices for Social Democracy. He is the principal speechwriter for the Leader of the Opposition, Simon Crean, and has also worked as a political adviser to Kim Beazley, John Brumby, and other Labor politicians. Before entering politics he was a historian specializing in Australian cultural history and early modern European history.

Edition details

• Publisher: Scribe Publications Pty Ltd.
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0908011563
• ISBN 13: 9780908011568
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 138