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Episode 101: D.J. Taylor - Why Orwell Matters
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D.J. Taylor is a novelist, a literary critic, and the author of two biographies of George Orwell: Orwell: The Life, and Orwell: The New Life. During our conversation, D.J. talks about Orwell's life, why Orwell's books, particularly his two on totalitarianism, Animal Farm and 1984, have endured so many years after his death, and the relevance of his ideas and insights to modern times.
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00:00 Intro
00:49 Who was George Orwell?
03:03 Why is Orwell so intriguing to D.J. Taylor?
05:01 Orwell's relevance over the past 20 years
08:21 How did Orwell capture totalitarianism so clearly?
13:30 The totalitarian impulse in Orwell
18:06 Orwell's commitment to his beliefs
21:59 A power of facing unpleasant facts
26:47 The void filled by the decline of religion
30:15 What was Orwell for?
34:58 Orwell's final years on Jura
38:48 Criticisms of Orwell
45:19 How would Orwell view modern times?
52:07 Euphemism and Newspeak today
54:43 Famous quotes from Orwell
55:45 Why does Orwell endure?
104 episodi
Manage episode 414700005 series 3305076
D.J. Taylor is a novelist, a literary critic, and the author of two biographies of George Orwell: Orwell: The Life, and Orwell: The New Life. During our conversation, D.J. talks about Orwell's life, why Orwell's books, particularly his two on totalitarianism, Animal Farm and 1984, have endured so many years after his death, and the relevance of his ideas and insights to modern times.
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00:00 Intro
00:49 Who was George Orwell?
03:03 Why is Orwell so intriguing to D.J. Taylor?
05:01 Orwell's relevance over the past 20 years
08:21 How did Orwell capture totalitarianism so clearly?
13:30 The totalitarian impulse in Orwell
18:06 Orwell's commitment to his beliefs
21:59 A power of facing unpleasant facts
26:47 The void filled by the decline of religion
30:15 What was Orwell for?
34:58 Orwell's final years on Jura
38:48 Criticisms of Orwell
45:19 How would Orwell view modern times?
52:07 Euphemism and Newspeak today
54:43 Famous quotes from Orwell
55:45 Why does Orwell endure?
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