Carl's review
Why I Write (Penguin Great Ideas)
by George Orwell
Carl's review
Why I Write (Penguin Great Ideas) by George Orwell
Carl's review
rating:
recommended for: deep thinkers
A bit antiquated, this classic writing by James Orwel is more about his feelings on what democracy is than it is about his motivations on writing - or is that the answer right there....?
In any event, if the reader looks carefully, there are more than a few good nuggets of information about social revolution that are dead on. For instance, his worrying about how politics can corrupt free thinking, and twist the vehicles of knowledge so far that it creates an almost alternate reality, which becomes true because we believe it to be. That last chapter of the book all but predicts the socio-political situation in America since 2000.
In any event, if the reader looks carefully, there are more than a few good nuggets of information about social revolution that are dead on. For instance, his worrying about how politics can corrupt free thinking, and twist the vehicles of knowledge so far that it creates an almost alternate reality, which becomes true because we believe it to be. That last chapter of the book all but predicts the socio-political situation in America since 2000.
