Decoding the world view of George Orwell in his novel "1984": a totalitarian society under the supervision of Big Brother. Interview: Bernard Crick (biographer of G. Orwell) // Jean-Daniel Jurgensen (writer) // Eric Hobsbawm (historian)
On the occasion of the publication of "Selected Essays" and "Live the Aspidistra" by George Orwell, Max Pol Fouchet evokes the life and works of the writer.
Bernard Crick (Orwell biographer) analyses "1984" as a satire of contemporary society by George Orwell and not as a prophecy. He compares it to Jonathan Swift ("Gulliver’s Travels"): "The author does not make predictions. As in "Gulliver’s Travels", he describes a cartoon of our society".
"Big Brother" is a fictional character from the novel "1984" by George Orwell. The expression has since been used to describe a police state and symbolize the loss of the right to fundamental freedoms of individuals. A life of surveillance by machines invented and used by humans... What if The writer was a visionary?
Simon Leys, author of "Orwell, ou l'horreur de la politique", evokes the denunciation of totalitarianism by the author in his novels "1984" and "La ferme des animaux". An indispensable prerequisite, according to the writer, before considering the socialist revolution.
Marek Halter (writer co-organizer of the "Orwell" congress at the Council of Europe), evokes George Orwell’s reflections on totalitarianism, and the questions addressed at the symposium: "Orwell makes us travel not only in a totalitarian system, but in the heads of totalitarians. It is important to know that any totalitarian system can only be imposed through the cooperation of the majority of people ... We must say things. We have to be prepared to resist, because the danger is always there".
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