10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOUBLETHINK»
Discover the use of
doublethink in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
doublethink and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Philosophy of
Doublethink: Theory of Contradictory Values
Author Rick Weires shows that one can tell him- or herself a lie and really believe it.
2
The End of Heresy: The Impact of
Doublethink in Human History
These are the questions raised in Shacklefree's book and the evidence presented covers a large part of human history from the time of the ancient Greek philosophers up to the present and explores the areas of faith, science and reason.
Perhaps the best name for it is doublethink, in Orwell's definition: "Doublethink
means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind
simultaneously, and accepting both of them. The [person] knows in which
direction his ...
Judith Lewis Herman, 1997
From the Hardcover edition.
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The Orwell Conundrum: A Cry of Despair Or Faith in the ...
It is in the concept of Doublethink that the satirist's argument with his Adversary,
the Western intellectual, reaches its climax, the peak of its persuasive power. At
the stage of its full maturity, Doublethink is a form of controlled schizophrenia ...
6
The Meaning of Democracy and the Vulnerability of ...
Newspeak. and. Doublethink: The. Delusion. of. Ideologies. In his novel 1984,
written in 1948, George Orwell focused on the corruption of language associated
with the development of what he called "Newspeak." In that book, Big Brother
was ...
7
Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition: Communication from ...
Doublespeak A word created in 1971 by the National Council of Teachers of
English by blending the words doublethink and newspeak from the George
Orwell (Eric Blair) novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949). In a famous passage in the
novel, ...
8
Deportation is Freedom!: The Orwellian World of Immigration ...
DOUBLETHINK. The operation of the memory hole, the annihilation of
consciousness, in Nineteen Eighty-Four is the job of Winston Smith. This
falsification of history takes place in the Ministry of Truth. In the novel there is a
word, a political ...
9
A Do-it-yourself Dystopia: The Americanization of Big Brother
The truth is that doublethink is unnecessary and even counterproductive to the
success of real-life oligarchies. It's fanciful to imagine that tyrants like Hitler, Stalin
, and Mao Zedong always believe the lip service they pay to democratic ideals ...
10
Image Makers: Advertising, Public Relations, and the Ethos ...
Closely akin to symbolic inversion is doublethink, to borrow George Orwell's
notion.27 Doublethink is the highly self-conscious ability to hold in one's mind
and be able to voice if necessary totally contradictory versions and images of
reality.
Robert Jackall, Janice M. Hirota, 2003
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOUBLETHINK»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
doublethink is used in the context of the following news items.
The Ministry of Truth Has Spoken on "Marriage Equality"
The Ministry of Truth has once again held forth, and you had better get on board with the doublethink pronto lest you be guilty of thoughtcrime. «The New American, Jul 15»
Iran Deal to Miss Fifth Deadline
... is so flustered that it put George Orwell to shame with what must be the record for the most ridiculous DoubleThink sentence every uttered. «The Jewish Press, Jul 15»
ABC row: Lacking a 1984 memory hole, Tony Abbott reduces …
Lacking such a useful void, Mr Abbott has reached for a talent he has displayed often with great dexterity: doublethink. It is the ability to hold two ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
Fat is a cultural issue for ever-expanding China
The Communist party mouthpiece, Global Times, says it's all doublethink anyway: “Eating meat products is mistaken for [living] the lifestyle of ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
ObamaCare and America's Death Spiral
In Orwell's 1984, state apparatchiks, from the highest to the lowest, live by “doublethink” which basically means reflexively suppressing your ... «American Thinker, Jul 15»
1984 by George Orwell, book of a lifetime: An absorbing, deeply …
From Big Brother to Doublethink, the landscape of the dystopia George Orwell created in 1949 exists in the minds even of those who've never ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
Doublethink of 'one China same interpretation' is double plus good
Hung Hsiu-chu at the launch of Wang Feng's book Chiang Kai-shek at the Battle of Shanghai: From Endurance to Vengeance, Taipei, June 24. «WantChinaTimes, Jun 15»
Global Warming: A Theory that Predicts Nothing, Explains Everything
Despite the doublethink inherent in climate change with its intent to deceive, such as when deniers are called liars, it is amazing that the ... «Somewhat Reasonable - Heartland Institute, Jun 15»
The question on Greece's EU referendum is seriously confusing
Academic doublethink hits the ballot box. It's all Greek to me. https://t.co/K0kwP3sPdz. — Grant Kane (@ggkane) June 29, 2015 ... «Metro, Jun 15»
Racism in America: “It's Not Polite to Say Nigger in Public….”
Orwell called it Doublethink in “1984,” but it's a much older American tradition. One form of denial is feigned shock that “Obama said the N-word ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jun 15»
