{"product_id":"orwell-s-ghosts","title":"Orwell’s Ghosts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e Book Award for Biography | Goldsmith Book Prize 2025 Winner (Trade) | A \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of 2024 | A \u003cem\u003eBBC History Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith Orwell claimed by all sides of the culture wars, returning to his own world and words offers sharp and surprising lessons for today’s crises.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeventy-five years after \u003cem\u003e1984 \u003c\/em\u003efirst published, George Orwell is back. Progressives denounce ‘Orwellian’ untruths by Trump, Johnson, Putin et al, while conservatives accuse governments and mainstream media of ‘Orwellian’ censorship. But what does ‘Orwellian’ really mean? What would the man himself say about these crises, and what can we learn from his ideas?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOrwell’s Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e reveals Orwell in all his complexity, exploring his commitment to political liberty and economic justice alongside his undeniable chauvinism. This sharp free thinker’s commentaries remain invaluable, whether on political truth, disinformation, class, race and empire, or highlighting the promise of socialism and the dangerous appeal of authoritarianism. Even Orwell’s misogyny offers troubling lessons about gender politics on the left. All of his books show remarkable resonance between the first half of the twentieth century and today’s world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRevisiting Orwell’s own age of rapid change and urgent crossroads, this book sheds unique light on both our recent past and our current upheavals.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"C Hurst \u0026 Co Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54657060831576,"sku":"9781805264392","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781805264392_36cc0700-dfd0-4ff5-83ba-c01a7b29cb2e.jpg?v=1765707328","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/orwell-s-ghosts","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}