LitBüro. George Orwell "1984"

"Big Brother is watching you", "Who controls the past — controls the future" — these are all known fears, a distinguished British novelist, essayist and journalist George Orwell, the author of one of the most famous dystopia of XX century — the novel "1984". A supporter of democratic socialism and the enemy of all types of dictatorships, Orwell reflected in the novel, the horrors of the totalitarian States-the superpower, which is an extremely aggressive propaganda at the expense of human freedom and controlling all spheres of life of the population. Double standards, Newspeak, thought police, robot writers. The Ministry of love, the pain, driving to despair and destroy dissidents, and the Ministry of peace, inciting war. Once George Orwell has opened our eyes to how totalitarian regimes operate. Today we read "1984" differently with anxiety, trying to figure how far our state and the world in General had advanced on the path to hell. 27 Nov cultural project LitBüro invites you to the Terminal 42, together with the main guest of the evening, namely George Orwell's novel “1984”, to talk about the dictatorship, manipulation, and freedom, on the role of memory and history, and once again to think about the politics of doublethink: “WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE is STRENGTH”. One of the themes of the novel as relevant today as ever: Big Data. Internet giants such as Google, Facebook, Instagram, etc., every day we draw about the gigabytes of personal information, store it and, using complex algorithms, Big Data, serving us content that is certainly able to interest and influence not only our buying but also thoughts and actions. The novel proved prophetic? Possible. The novel, which is discouraging, care would have to recognize its truthfulness and wonder? Without a doubt, Yes. Guest of the evening: Popkov, Vasily Vasilyevich — scientist, candidate of philosophical Sciences, Professor, Department of political science at the ISS (Institute of social Sciences) Odessa national University. I. I. Mechnikov. Natasha serebryannikova — candidate of historical Sciences, philologist, anthropologist, trainer in rhetoric and public speaking, member of the European Association of business women. Organizer and leader of the "Communication technologies centre Argentum". Moderators: Anna Kostenko, writer, candidate of philological Sciences. Eugene Yurist (Jurist Evgenia), master of Philology, translator. The project LitBüro regularly conducts a series of readings and discussions on contemporary and classic world literature. We offer to plunge into the world of interpretations, allusions, metaphors and symbols. To read not only the well-known classical works, but also contemporary literature, world bestsellers. LitBüro is the ability to satisfy the intellectual hunger, and to try a new format of lectures, where you cease to be a passive listener and are included in the discussion process. Early tickets (until 20.11) — 150 UAH, a standard ticket (21.11-26.11) — 200 UAH per day — 250 UAH. https://terminal42.com.ua/product/litburo-1984/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=litburo&utm_content=event In LitBüro sure: "there is No wrong interpretation, there are unread books!". Let's make it so that the latter remains smaller. See you at the Terminal 42!