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“The road from Mandalay to Wigan is a long one and the reasons for taking it aren’t immediately clear”: A World-System Biography of George Orwell

open access: yesJournal of World-Systems Research, 2015
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
doaj   +1 more source

Stigmatized Words: A Defense of Political Correctness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
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.
core   +1 more source

A Targeted Approach for Mapping Groundwater Discharge to Surface Water and Fish Thermal Refuge in Four Lake Ontario Tributaries

open access: yesHydrological Processes, Volume 40, Issue 3, March 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

De Orwell al cibercontrol de Armand Mattelart y André Vitalis

open access: yesBalajú, 2016
De Orwell al cibercontrol de Armand Mattelart y André Vitalis.
Elissa Rashkin
doaj   +1 more source

[Review of] Gerald Vizenor. Wordarrows: Indians and Whites in the New Fur Trade [PDF]

open access: yes, 1980
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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Nightmare egalitarianism: Commensuration, autonomy, and imagination Le cauchemar de l’égalitarisme : commensuration, autonomie et imagination

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue S1, Page 7-27, March 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Temporalização e espacialização nas distopias de Haruki Murakami e George Orwell em 1Q84/1984

open access: yesAletria: Revista de Estudos de Literatura, 2016
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
doaj   +1 more source

Hail to the thief: spectral egalitarianism in the Moroccan High Atlas Songez au voleur ! les spectres de l’égalitarisme dans le Haut‐Atlas marocain

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue S1, Page 104-120, March 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Changes in the quality of life in severely disabled people following provision of powered indoor/outdoor chairs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
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
core   +1 more source

Liberalism as a Way of Political Life: The Case of George Brandis

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, Volume 72, Issue 1, Page 123-142, March 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

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