Totalitarianism and Individualism Unveiled: Hobbes and Orwell

Ufuk Özen Baykent

Makale detayları

Totalitarianism and Individualism Unveiled: Hobbes and Orwell

Yazarlar:

Ufuk Özen Baykent

Yayıncı:

Bursa Uludağ University

Ana Başlıklar:

Sistematik Felsefe (Diğer)

Dergi:

Kaygı. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi Vol.22 Issue 2, pp.648-659

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001299186

pISSN:

2645-8950

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Özet:

 George Orwells Nineteen Eighty-Four holds significant importance today partly because it remains relevant to contemporary society and partly because it warns the societies against totalitarianism. On the other hand, Thomas Hobbes holds a contrary view in terms of the political system he defends, a view shaped by the circumstances his country was in. The present study aims to examine the portrayal of totalitarianism in Orwells dystopian masterpiece, Nineteen Eighty-Four and to explore what Hobbes contrarily argues about the necessity of a powerful authority in the establishment and continuity of a harmonious society. The writings by Orwell and Hobbes, the implications the novel carries for fundamental questions about personal freedom, autonomy, and the stifling of individuality will be analyzed by addressing to the concept of totalitarianism that is related to the arguments proposed by Thomas Hobbes in Leviathan. A philosophical consideration of the novel and comparison of how Orwell and Hobbes reacted the idea of totalitarianism in two different ways in their own contexts will encourage us to examine our own political systems, media, and societal norms today.

 George Orwells Nineteen Eighty-Four holds significant importance today partly because it remains relevant to contemporary society and partly because it warns the societies against totalitarianism. On the other hand, Thomas Hobbes holds a contrary view in terms of the political system he defends, a view shaped by the circumstances his country was in. The present study aims to examine the portrayal of totalitarianism in Orwells dystopian masterpiece, Nineteen Eighty-Four and to explore what Hobbes contrarily argues about the necessity of a powerful authority in the establishment and continuity of a harmonious society. The writings by Orwell and Hobbes, the implications the novel carries for fundamental questions about personal freedom, autonomy, and the stifling of individuality will be analyzed by addressing to the concept of totalitarianism that is related to the arguments proposed by Thomas Hobbes in Leviathan. A philosophical consideration of the novel and comparison of how Orwell and Hobbes reacted the idea of totalitarianism in two different ways in their own contexts will encourage us to examine our own political systems, media, and societal norms today.

 George Orwells Nineteen Eighty-Four holds significant importance today partly because it remains relevant to contemporary society and partly because it warns the societies against totalitarianism. On the other hand, Thomas Hobbes holds a contrary view in terms of the political system he defends, a view shaped by the circumstances his country was in. The present study aims to examine the portrayal of totalitarianism in Orwells dystopian masterpiece, Nineteen Eighty-Four and to explore what Hobbes contrarily argues about the necessity of a powerful authority in the establishment and continuity of a harmonious society. The writings by Orwell and Hobbes, the implications the novel carries for fundamental questions about personal freedom, autonomy, and the stifling of individuality will be analyzed by addressing to the concept of totalitarianism that is related to the arguments proposed by Thomas Hobbes in Leviathan. A philosophical consideration of the novel and comparison of how Orwell and Hobbes reacted the idea of totalitarianism in two different ways in their own contexts will encourage us to examine our own political systems, media, and societal norms today.

 George Orwellin Bin Dokuz Yüz Seksen Dörtü, kısmen çağdaş toplumla alakalı kalması, kısmen de toplumları totaliter rejimlere karşı uyarması nedeniyle bugün büyük önem taşıyor. Öte yandan Thomas Hobbes ise yaşadığı dönemde ülkesinin içinde bulunduğu koşullar çerçevesinde şekillenen tam tersi bir siyasi bir görüşü savunmuştur. Bu çalışma, Orwellin distopik başyapıtı Bin Dokuz Yüz Seksen Dörtte tasvir edilen totaliter rejimi Analiz ederken, Hobbesun uyumlu bir toplumun kurulması ve devamlılığında güçlü bir otoritenin gerekliliğini savunduğu görüşüyle karşılaştırma yapmayı amaçlamaktadır. Orwell ve Hobbesun yazıları, romanın kişisel özgürlük ve özerklik kavramlarına ilişkin temel sorulara yönelik vurguları ve Thomas Hobbesun Leviathanda bireyselliğin bastırılmasına yönelik ileri sürdüğü argümanlarla desteklediği totalitarizm görüşüne değinilerek analiz edilecektir. Romanın felsefi açıdan ele alınması ve Orwell ile Hobbesun totalitarizm fikrine kendi bağlamlarında iki farklı şekilde nasıl tepki verdiklerinin karşılaştırılması, bizleri, bugün, kendi siyasi sistemlerimizi, medyamızı ve toplumsal normlarımızı incelemeye teşvik edecektir.

Makale detayları

Totalitarianism and Individualism Unveiled: Hobbes and Orwell

Yazarlar:

Ufuk Özen Baykent

Yayıncı:

Bursa Uludağ University

Ana Başlıklar:

Sistematik Felsefe (Diğer)

Dergi:

Kaygı. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi Vol.22 Issue 2, pp.648-659

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001299186

pISSN:

2645-8950

George Orwell

1984

Totalitarianism

Individualism

HobbesGeorge Orwell

1984

Totalitarizm

Bireysellik

Hobbes

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Ufuk Özen Baykent

Yayıncı: Bursa Uludağ University

Ana Başlıklar: Sistematik Felsefe (Diğer)

Dergi: Kaygı. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi Vol.22 Issue 2, pp.648-659

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 9/2023

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001299186

pISSN: 2645-8950

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Ufuk Özen Baykent

Yayıncı:

Bursa Uludağ University

Ana Başlıklar:

Sistematik Felsefe (Diğer)

Dergi:

Kaygı. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi Vol.22 Issue 2, pp.648-659

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001299186

pISSN:

2645-8950