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'The general uncertainty as to what is really happening makes it easier to cling to lunatic beliefs'
Biting and timeless reflections on patriotism, prejudice and power, from the man who wrote about his nation better than anyone.
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奥威尔的评论文章有趣极了,一点也不比他的小说差。每次读到那招牌式的、毫不留情的挖苦,我仿佛都听到了奥威尔的冷笑声!
第一篇很好,条理清晰,还直接给你分类,“the point is that as soon as fear, hatred, jealousy and power worship are involved, the sense of reality becomes unhinged.”
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奥威尔这篇里的nationalism其实可以推至任何强烈identify于某种群体(并无条件认为该群体优于他者)的人群,毕竟该人群的目的是“secure more power and more prestige, ...for the nation or other unit in which he has chosen to sink his own individuality”。文中提到的nationalist的主要特征(obsession, instability, indifference to reality)跟最近的某事件联系起来看也格外有趣。另两篇(反犹主义和体育精神)算是第一篇的某种延伸吧,体育那篇格外毒舌。
奥威尔这篇里的nationalism其实可以推至任何强烈identify于某种群体(并无条件认为该群体优于他者)的人群,毕竟该人群的目的是“secure more power and more prestige, ...for the nation or other unit in which he has chosen to sink his own individuality”。文中提到的nationalist的主要特征(obsession, instability, indifference to reality)跟最近的某事件联系起来看也格外有趣。另两篇(反犹主义和体育精神)算是第一篇的某种延伸吧,体育那篇格外毒舌。