Whether in actual fact the policy of the boot-on-the-face can go on indefinitely seems doubtful. The philosophy of the ruling minority in Nineteen Eighty-Four is a sadism which has been carried to its logical conclusion by going beyond sex and denying it. May I speak instead of the thing with which the book deals - the ultimate revolution? The first hints of a philosophy of the ultimate revolution - the revolution which lies beyond politics and economics, and which aims at total subversion of the individual’s psychology and physiology - are to be found in the Marquis de Sade, who regarded himself as the continuator, the consummator, of Robespierre and Babeuf.
It arrived as I was in the midst of a piece of work that required much reading and consulting of references and since poor sight makes it necessary for me to ration my reading, I had to wait a long time before being able to embark on Nineteen Eighty-Four.Īgreeing with all that the critics have written of it, I need not tell you, yet once more, how fine and how profoundly important the book is.
It was very kind of you to tell your publishers to send me a copy of your book.
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