PREVIEW: From a longer conversation with Professor Peter Stansky, author of the new work, THE SOCIALIST PATRIOT GEORGE ORWELL AND WAR, the professor observes how Orwell (aka Eric Blair) regarded his alma mater, Eton College, and its fate under socialism.
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 30 December 2023
⏱️ 3 minutes
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The Socialist Patriot: George Orwell and War Paperback – January 17, 2023 by Peter Stansky (Author)
https://www.amazon.com/Socialist-Patriot-George-Orwell-War/dp/150363549X
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| 0:30.0 | This is John Batcher, conversation with Professor Peter Stansky of Stanford University about his book on George Orwell, aka Eric Blair, and his understanding of socialism. In this particular detail, what Orwell Eric Blair, |
| 0:46.9 | in Aetonian, thought of Eton itself and what would happen to Eton |
| 0:52.0 | Eton after socialism became commonplace in the post-Second |
| 0:57.0 | World War Great Britain. |
| 0:59.4 | Here's Professor Stansky to explain. |
| 1:02.0 | He made all these predictions, most of which were inaccurate, of what |
| 1:06.8 | Britain was would be like after the Second World War. |
| 1:15.0 | For instance, he predicted that the public schools such as own school |
| 1:18.6 | would cease to exist, which of course is far from true. |
| 1:24.0 | And of course there's a great irony |
| 1:25.7 | that he seriously considered pulling down |
| 1:28.0 | as adopted son for Eden, sending him to Eden. |
| 1:32.1 | At the same time, one of the themes I think of British history, |
| 1:36.0 | which is not particularly part of Orwell, |
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