Journal of Libertarian Studies
Author:
Kenneth B. McIntyre
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This paper, I examine aspects of Orwell’s political thought as expressed in Nineteen Eighty-four . I focus on the novel as an exploration of the logic of the conception of the modern state as a teleocracy or managerial enterprise, a concept which was elaborated by the political philosopher Michael Oakeshott. I first provide a summary of