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George Orwell is one the best known and highly regarded writers of the twentieth century. In his adjective form—Orwellian—he has become a “Sartrean ‘singular universal,’ an individual whose “singular” experiences express the “universal” character of a ...
Brendan McQuade
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Stigmatized Words: A Defense of Political Correctness [PDF]
The debate over political correctness and the repression of speech has experienced a resurgence in the 2016 election season. “Political correctness is killing people,” Senator Ted Cruz remarked in December 2015.
Rosenberger, Peter W.
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Understanding groundwater discharge to surface water is crucial for ecosystems, water quality, and resource management. A flexible methodology was developed to first predict and then identify cold‐water zones and significant groundwater discharge areas in four key Lake Ontario tributaries.
Josh Woda +5 more
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De Orwell al cibercontrol de Armand Mattelart y André Vitalis
De Orwell al cibercontrol de Armand Mattelart y André Vitalis.
Elissa Rashkin
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[Review of] Gerald Vizenor. Wordarrows: Indians and Whites in the New Fur Trade [PDF]
It was George Orwell who saw, more clearly than most, that “newspeak” was often used by government and public institutions in communicating with their public.
GalIi, Marcia J.
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Egalitarianism is often idealized, but many anthropologists have noted its potential for nightmare scenarios involving envy, mistrust, and violence. This introduction outlines a framework for understanding the negative emotions and violence associated with the forces of commensuration that are necessary to make people equal.
Natalia Buitron +2 more
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Temporalização e espacialização nas distopias de Haruki Murakami e George Orwell em 1Q84/1984
O presente trabalho tem como seu principal objetivo pensar as questões da espacialização e da temporalização da distopia no romance 1Q84 do escritor japonês Haruki Murakami a partir de uma comparação com a obra homônima escrita por George Orwell ...
Rafael da Cunha Duarte Francisco
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This essay examines the spectres haunting ideas of egalitarianism among Tashelhiyt‐speaking communities in the Moroccan High Atlas: first, the tyrant, an obvious frontal threat to ideas of equality; and then the vastly more complex figure of the thief (amkhar).
Matthew Carey
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Changes in the quality of life in severely disabled people following provision of powered indoor/outdoor chairs [PDF]
Purpose:To determine the benefits for patients who received an Electric Powered Indoor/outdoor Chair (EPIOC) and to quantify their perceived changes to their quality of life.
Davies, A, De Souza, LH, Frank, AO
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Liberalism as a Way of Political Life: The Case of George Brandis
The lawyer, politician, and diplomat George Brandis was the leading intellectual representative of moderate or “small‐l” liberalism in the contemporary Liberal Party. He criticised John Howard for an ad hoc balancing of liberalism and conservatism. Brandis believed the Liberal Party necessarily included conservatives, but to him their role was to be a ...
Geoffrey Robinson
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