来自《1984》的警示:乌托邦——抹杀个人价值的完美国度

Utopia:A Perfect World Denying Individual Value Revelation from Nineteen Eighty-Four

乌托邦是无数人梦寐以求的完美世界,许多的哲学家和作家都提出过自己的设计,希望将其变为现实。然而,也有不少人对这种设想保持着冷静的头脑,英国作家乔治.奥威尔就是其中之一。他的小说《1984》就描绘了一个乌托邦式的极端社会。在这个社会中存在着一种强制力量,它利用乌托邦的形式,抹杀个人价值,使国家退化为一个集权主义的国度。这部作品向我们警示了不切实际的政治幻想可能造成的灾难。

Utopia is a perfect world dreamed of by many people, even designed by many philosophers and writers who wish to make it come true. However, in spite of this fanaticism, some people express opinions on this proposition with calmness and sobriety. One conspicuous example is George OrweU whose work, Nineteen Eighty- Four, depicts an extreme case of utopia in which citizens are deprived of individual freedom for the existence of the utopia, and utopia in essence degenerates into a totalitarian dystopia. This work warns the readers that political fanaticism may cause the loss of individual freedom and self- consciousness, and a beautiful dream may be turned into a nightmare.