Between the bullet and the lie : essays on Orwell /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Williams, Kristian (Author)
Other Authors:	Goodway, David, 1942- (writer of foreword.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chico, CA : AK Press, [2017]
Subjects:	Orwell, George, > 1903-1950 > Political and social views. Orwell, George, > 1903-1950 > Criticism and interpretation. Politics and literature > Great Britain > History > 20th century. Political fiction, English > History and criticism.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: An age like this : Orwell in his time and ours
Imperfect creatures : letters and diaries
Not too good : Orwell, Wilde, and the saints
On common decency
Between the bullet and the lie : ethics in warfare
A place worth living in : notes on patriotism and nationalism
Strict discipline combined with social equality : the question of revolutionary leadership
Meanwhile, what about socialism? : why the Left fails
Political writing is bad writing : anarchism and the English language
The Tower of Babel and other confusions : a reply to CrimethInc
All but hopeless : pessimism in politics
The struggle would continue, the idea would survive : the Spanish Civil War and the cultural imagination
Appendix. Reading Orwell : a study plan.