French language
Published Jan. 12, 2021 by Payot & Rivages.
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Notes on Nationalism is an essay completed in May 1945 by George Orwell and published in the first issue of the British "Magazine of Philosophy, Psychology, and Aesthetics" Polemic, in October 1945. Orwell discusses nationalism and argues that it causes people to disregard common sense and to become more ignorant towards facts. Orwell shows his concern for the social state of Europe and the rest of the world because of the increasing influence of nationalistic sentiment in a large number of countries.The essay was soon translated into French and Dutch, Italian and Finnish (in which the word nationalism was represented by chauvinisme). The article was abridged in the translated versions by omitting details of particular relevance to British readers. A short introduction, based on material supplied by Orwell, preceded the translated abridgements. The first German translation was published on 29 January 2020. Gregory Claeys argues that it is one of …
Notes on Nationalism is an essay completed in May 1945 by George Orwell and published in the first issue of the British "Magazine of Philosophy, Psychology, and Aesthetics" Polemic, in October 1945. Orwell discusses nationalism and argues that it causes people to disregard common sense and to become more ignorant towards facts. Orwell shows his concern for the social state of Europe and the rest of the world because of the increasing influence of nationalistic sentiment in a large number of countries.The essay was soon translated into French and Dutch, Italian and Finnish (in which the word nationalism was represented by chauvinisme). The article was abridged in the translated versions by omitting details of particular relevance to British readers. A short introduction, based on material supplied by Orwell, preceded the translated abridgements. The first German translation was published on 29 January 2020. Gregory Claeys argues that it is one of the key sources for understanding Nineteen Eighty-Four.
