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Line 6: − − [[Communist]]s and other [[leftist]]s use language in a way which verges on doublethink.
Changed "anti-Utopian" for 'Dystopian', which is a better description. "Anti-Utopian" suggested that he was arguing against a utopian-type state. Also took out the statement about leftist doublethink.
'''Doublethink''' in [[George Orwell]]'s anti-[[utopia]]n novel ''[[1984]]'' is the practice of keeping two contradictory thoughts in one's own mind.
'''Doublethink''' in [[George Orwell]]'s [[dystopia|dystopian]] novel ''[[1984]]'' is the practice of keeping two contradictory thoughts in one's own mind.
In [[formal logic]], it is considered disproof of a [[premise]], if it implies two contradictory [[statement]]s. So in Orwell's nightmare political vision, citizens participate actively in their own [[indoctrination]], willingly accepting false government [[propaganda]]. Indeed, the main character of ''1984'' is a man whose job is to falsify historical documents in the government [[archive]]s.
In [[formal logic]], it is considered disproof of a [[premise]], if it implies two contradictory [[statement]]s. So in Orwell's nightmare political vision, citizens participate actively in their own [[indoctrination]], willingly accepting false government [[propaganda]]. Indeed, the main character of ''1984'' is a man whose job is to falsify historical documents in the government [[archive]]s.
:In 1984, "Newspeak" is the new [[totalitarian]] language which replaces "Old English." The aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought so that an individual could not even think critical or [[subversion|subversive]] thoughts. Potentially critical terms like "freedom" are formally defined into their conceptual opposites ("[[freedom]] is [[slavery]]"), or are simply eliminated from the [[dictionary]] and everyday [[language]]. In this manner, critical language would wither away as the number of words which allow differentiation and critique was increasingly reduced. <ref>http://www.uta.edu/huma/illuminations/kell13a.htm</ref>
:In 1984, "Newspeak" is the new [[totalitarian]] language which replaces "Old English." The aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought so that an individual could not even think critical or [[subversion|subversive]] thoughts. Potentially critical terms like "freedom" are formally defined into their conceptual opposites ("[[freedom]] is [[slavery]]"), or are simply eliminated from the [[dictionary]] and everyday [[language]]. In this manner, critical language would wither away as the number of words which allow differentiation and critique was increasingly reduced. <ref>http://www.uta.edu/huma/illuminations/kell13a.htm</ref>
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