THE REBELLION OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT AND THE DEMAND FOR FREEDOM IN GEORGE ORWELL'S 1984

Abstract

This article analyzes George Orwell's novel 1984 as an artistic and philosophical expression of the rebellion of the human spirit and the demand for freedom. The research is conducted on the basis of ontological, epistemological, and discursive approaches, revealing the deformation of individual consciousness under totalitarian rule. The political monopolization of truth, the restriction of thought through language, and the mechanisms of psychological manipulation are examined comparatively through the theories of Foucault, Arendt, Fromm, Camus, and Berlin. The novel's ideas are also interpreted in the context of contemporary digital surveillance, surveillance capitalism, and algorithmic governance systems. This article argues that 1984 is a universal cautionary work that interprets human freedom as an ethical category