tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762360188700065101.post4123929226123732491..comments2023-10-30T03:53:20.405-04:00Comments on EN 170 Summer 2009: Introduction to Literary Study: George Orwell's 1984Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762360188700065101.post-50406564991352179872009-07-12T11:56:24.245-04:002009-07-12T11:56:24.245-04:00So much to work with in this book, so many interes...So much to work with in this book, so many interesting questions, most particularly the question of whether this a fair representation of socialism, or if it's a representation of socialism at all (that is, just because we've popularly associated socialism with totalitarianism doesn't mean Orwell was). I'd also have loved to see more pursuit of the second part of Gramsci's idea of hegemony-not just the state coercive power, but how the spontaneous consent of the populace plays out in the book.S Henklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10893192932580925482noreply@blogger.com