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In his novel 1984, George Orwell (1949) describes an 'unperson' as an individual whose identity is made to vanish by the governing authorities through the erasure of his or her legal documents. In this Orwellian vision, the state's control of the individual's every need is linked to identity. Orwell associates identification documents and identity formation with totalitarianism, to control the citizens' lives. Here, identity is linked to the subject as an object. Hence, when a person commits a 'thoughtcrime', his or her identity is erased. If, by some means, they escape the control of the state and survive, then they require a new identity that will make them 'a different person ' (1949: 219). Orwell raises some interesting issues: if an individual's identity is erased due to the lack of a state document, can one say that identity is linked to state documents? Can people who have the same state document claim the same collective identity?Part II of the book will explore these issues by focusing on the construction of British identity and its meanings. Chapter 3 begins by exploring identity through a critique of some selected works of Bhikhu Parekh. It proceeds to assess the formation of Britain as a political entity and outlines the arresting of internal differences. Here, the work of Linda Colley, who builds her arguments on the premises of Catholicism and the French, providing the antagonistic Other, that resonates with popular culture, is informative. The chapter through a critique
In his novel 1984, George Orwell (1949) describes an 'unperson' as an individual whose identity is made to vanish by the governing authorities through the erasure of his or her legal documents. In this Orwellian vision, the state's control of the individual's every need is linked to identity. Orwell associates identification documents and identity formation with totalitarianism, to control the citizens' lives. Here, identity is linked to the subject as an object. Hence, when a person commits a 'thoughtcrime', his or her identity is erased. If, by some means, they escape the control of the state and survive, then they require a new identity that will make them 'a different person ' (1949: 219). Orwell raises some interesting issues: if an individual's identity is erased due to the lack of a state document, can one say that identity is linked to state documents? Can people who have the same state document claim the same collective identity?Part II of the book will explore these issues by focusing on the construction of British identity and its meanings. Chapter 3 begins by exploring identity through a critique of some selected works of Bhikhu Parekh. It proceeds to assess the formation of Britain as a political entity and outlines the arresting of internal differences. Here, the work of Linda Colley, who builds her arguments on the premises of Catholicism and the French, providing the antagonistic Other, that resonates with popular culture, is informative. The chapter through a critique
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