Facing Freedom

Thorp, Daniel B.

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“…It is documented that the police in Giza city arrests a student, in the campus of Cairo University, putting in his bag1984 novel, the authorities considered it as a promotion of the dictatorship of military regimes. Some regimes consider 1984 politically dangerous and prevent it from libraries like Russia and now in Egypt [38].…”

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Orwell’S 1984 and the concept of Powerlessness

Al-Subaihi¹,

Ismail²

2020

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This article examines the theme of social-psychological alienation in Orwell's 1984 by focusing on Winston as a character. The theme of alienation has repeatedly studied in the works of Hegel, Marx, Weber, Fromm and Durkheim. However, this article mainly focuses on Seeman's conceptualization of alienation as a theoretical framework. This paper is limited to clarify the term 'powerlessness' because it is the dominant concept in the novel. Since this paper offers an understanding of powerlessness, it is a must to first, clearly present the reasons that led to Winston's feeling of alienation. Understanding Seeman's concept of alienation (especially on how he clarifies the process, circumstances and results of alienation) is significant as the subject of this study. Certainly, the term 'alienation' was not particularly used in the novel, but the concept is clearly shown by the characters, especially Winston. A thematic analysis, combined with Seeman's concept, offers a better perception of the novel where a deep investigation revealed that Winston develops a sense of alienation due to four reasons, which are totalitarianism, fear, Party's control of power and information. The findings of this paper could be of many benefits not only for scholars but also for readers who are aware of the circumstances and factors that could lead to the sense of powerlessness and consequently to social-psychological alienation.

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Orwell’S 1984 and the concept of Powerlessness

Al-Subaihi¹,

Ismail²

2020

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Racial Capitalism Decoupled: A Rejoinder and Reformulation

Wacquant

2023

Arch. eur. sociol.

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I respond to the reactions of Gurminder Bhambra, John Holmwood, and Sanjay Subrahmanyam to my dissection of the concept of “racial capitalism.” I reiterate my critique of the latter on grounds of semantics, logics, and heuristics. I warn that racial capitalism erases historical variations, interludes, and contingencies to replace them with monolithic depiction and mechanical necessity. We cannot assume that racial division, colonial or metropolitan, is functional to capitalism across all lands and epochs. We need to recognize and theorize the varieties of regimes of racial domination, anchored by the ideal-typical distinction between “genuine race-divided societies” and “societies with race,” much as comparative political economists have taught us to dig into the varieties of capitalism. Combining these two dimensions serves us well to decouple capitalism and race analytically so that their historical conjunction may be studied empirically.

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Facing Freedom

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Orwell’S 1984 and the concept of Powerlessness

Orwell’S 1984 and the concept of Powerlessness

Racial Capitalism Decoupled: A Rejoinder and Reformulation

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