Matthew Benjamin Cole
Biographic Data
| ID | 3731401 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew Benjamin Cole |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew Benjamin |
| FAMILY NAME | Cole |
| SIGNATURE | COLE M B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7568-9146 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Desperate Radicalism of Orwell’s 1984
Though 1984 is often praised for its prescience, critics in Orwell’s time and ours have also condemned its pessimism. Orwell’s despair, the argument goes, undermines the power of his warning, representing a retreat from politics, a betrayal of socialism, and a repudiation of utopianism. This article draws on the text of 1984 and Orwell’s contemporaneous writings to reassess his thinking on power, socialism, and utopia and to reconsider 1984’s app…
At the heart of human politics
How might climate fiction inform public perceptions of climate change and its political stakes? While early proponents of climate fiction called on writers to move the public with visceral cautionary tales, recent climate fiction and criticism thereof aims beyond apocalyptic and catastrophic representation, reflecting broader debates regarding fear and agency in the climate imaginary. This context clarifies the modes of imaginative engagement pur…
At the heart of human politics
How might climate fiction inform public perceptions of climate change and its political stakes? While early proponents of climate fiction called on writers to move the public with visceral cautionary tales, recent climate fiction and criticism thereof aims beyond apocalyptic and catastrophic representation, reflecting broader debates regarding fear and agency in the climate imaginary. This context clarifies the modes of imaginative engagement pur…
The Desperate Radicalism of Orwell’s 1984
Though 1984 is often praised for its prescience, critics in Orwell’s time and ours have also condemned its pessimism. Orwell’s despair, the argument goes, undermines the power of his warning, representing a retreat from politics, a betrayal of socialism, and a repudiation of utopianism. This article draws on the text of 1984 and Orwell’s contemporaneous writings to reassess his thinking on power, socialism, and utopia and to reconsider 1984’s app…
At the heart of human politics
How might climate fiction inform public perceptions of climate change and its political stakes? While early proponents of climate fiction called on writers to move the public with visceral cautionary tales, recent climate fiction and criticism thereof aims beyond apocalyptic and catastrophic representation, reflecting broader debates regarding fear and agency in the climate imaginary. This context clarifies the modes of imaginative engagement pur…
Aesthetics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Art (1 work) · Capitalism (1 work) · Climate change (1 work) · Climate Change and Geoengineering (1 work)