Brendan Maguire is a Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Western Illinois University. He is the co-author of Introduction to Criminology (1999), and he has published numerous articles in Sociological Focus, The Social Science Journal, and the Journal of Applied Sociology.

"This book is a valiant attempt to provide an even-handed account of the current forms of political control of discourse and information – forms familiar from Orwell, but which have re-emerged in the face of political polarization."Stephen Turner, Distinguished University Professor, University of South Florida"We are certainly living in an Orwellian moment. The book has the potential to make an important contribution to understanding this political movement and may even work to protect democracy."Anna M. Bounds, Associate Professor of Sociology, Queens College"This book makes an important contribution to the subject. Disinformation and the possibility of America becoming autocratic is very urgent. It speaks decidedly to the Orwellian moment."Joseph Scimecca, Professor of Sociology, George Mason University

• Acknowledgements1. Big Brother SightingsMain Features of Totalitarianism“Totalitarianism” in the United StatesMethods of ControlForce/CoercionValuesInformationCommunicationMethod and TheoryPreview2. The Man and The BookEarly YearsExperiences Top and BottomMarriage, Name Change, and WarThe WriterMajor WorksWriting Philosophy and MotivationsPersonalityThe Book: Nineteen Eighty-FourInfluencesCast of CharactersPlotTerminologyPreview3. Terrorism, COVID-19, Climate ChangeTerrorismThe Bush ResponseBig Brother’s Heavy HandScientific ProtocolMertonian NormsPopper’s Falsification StandardCOVID-19The Trump ResponseBig Brother’s Heavy HandClimate ChangeClimate SkepticsResistance to Climate Change PoliciesBig Brother’s Heavy Hand on Climate ChangeCaveat Emptor and the Enlightenment 4. Sociology of TotalitarianismWritings on TotalitarianismEarly WorkRecent ExplanationsTotalitarian CultureWho Rules?Executive OrdersLaw CreationLeviathanMacro to Micro ConnectionSocializationSocial Things MatterThe Generalized OtherThe President as Generalized OtherRecipe KnowledgeGroup Think 5. Might Janus Smile?The Importance of Moral CommunityIt Takes a Village: Clinton and DurkheimFreedom, Equality, and JusticeFreedomEqualityJusticeBusy IntersectionOmaha, Omaha, Omaha6. Conclusion

Brendan Maguire is a Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Western Illinois University. He is the co-author of Introduction to Criminology (1999), and he has published numerous articles in Sociological Focus, The Social Science Journal, and the Journal of Applied Sociology.

"This book is a valiant attempt to provide an even-handed account of the current forms of political control of discourse and information – forms familiar from Orwell, but which have re-emerged in the face of political polarization."Stephen Turner, Distinguished University Professor, University of South Florida"We are certainly living in an Orwellian moment. The book has the potential to make an important contribution to understanding this political movement and may even work to protect democracy."Anna M. Bounds, Associate Professor of Sociology, Queens College"This book makes an important contribution to the subject. Disinformation and the possibility of America becoming autocratic is very urgent. It speaks decidedly to the Orwellian moment."Joseph Scimecca, Professor of Sociology, George Mason University

• Acknowledgements1. Big Brother SightingsMain Features of Totalitarianism“Totalitarianism” in the United StatesMethods of ControlForce/CoercionValuesInformationCommunicationMethod and TheoryPreview2. The Man and The BookEarly YearsExperiences Top and BottomMarriage, Name Change, and WarThe WriterMajor WorksWriting Philosophy and MotivationsPersonalityThe Book: Nineteen Eighty-FourInfluencesCast of CharactersPlotTerminologyPreview3. Terrorism, COVID-19, Climate ChangeTerrorismThe Bush ResponseBig Brother’s Heavy HandScientific ProtocolMertonian NormsPopper’s Falsification StandardCOVID-19The Trump ResponseBig Brother’s Heavy HandClimate ChangeClimate SkepticsResistance to Climate Change PoliciesBig Brother’s Heavy Hand on Climate ChangeCaveat Emptor and the Enlightenment 4. Sociology of TotalitarianismWritings on TotalitarianismEarly WorkRecent ExplanationsTotalitarian CultureWho Rules?Executive OrdersLaw CreationLeviathanMacro to Micro ConnectionSocializationSocial Things MatterThe Generalized OtherThe President as Generalized OtherRecipe KnowledgeGroup Think 5. Might Janus Smile?The Importance of Moral CommunityIt Takes a Village: Clinton and DurkheimFreedom, Equality, and JusticeFreedomEqualityJusticeBusy IntersectionOmaha, Omaha, Omaha6. Conclusion

Brendan Maguire is a Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Western Illinois University. He is the co-author of Introduction to Criminology (1999), and he has published numerous articles in Sociological Focus, The Social Science Journal, and the Journal of Applied Sociology.

"This book is a valiant attempt to provide an even-handed account of the current forms of political control of discourse and information – forms familiar from Orwell, but which have re-emerged in the face of political polarization."Stephen Turner, Distinguished University Professor, University of South Florida"We are certainly living in an Orwellian moment. The book has the potential to make an important contribution to understanding this political movement and may even work to protect democracy."Anna M. Bounds, Associate Professor of Sociology, Queens College"This book makes an important contribution to the subject. Disinformation and the possibility of America becoming autocratic is very urgent. It speaks decidedly to the Orwellian moment."Joseph Scimecca, Professor of Sociology, George Mason University

• Acknowledgements1. Big Brother SightingsMain Features of Totalitarianism“Totalitarianism” in the United StatesMethods of ControlForce/CoercionValuesInformationCommunicationMethod and TheoryPreview2. The Man and The BookEarly YearsExperiences Top and BottomMarriage, Name Change, and WarThe WriterMajor WorksWriting Philosophy and MotivationsPersonalityThe Book: Nineteen Eighty-FourInfluencesCast of CharactersPlotTerminologyPreview3. Terrorism, COVID-19, Climate ChangeTerrorismThe Bush ResponseBig Brother’s Heavy HandScientific ProtocolMertonian NormsPopper’s Falsification StandardCOVID-19The Trump ResponseBig Brother’s Heavy HandClimate ChangeClimate SkepticsResistance to Climate Change PoliciesBig Brother’s Heavy Hand on Climate ChangeCaveat Emptor and the Enlightenment 4. Sociology of TotalitarianismWritings on TotalitarianismEarly WorkRecent ExplanationsTotalitarian CultureWho Rules?Executive OrdersLaw CreationLeviathanMacro to Micro ConnectionSocializationSocial Things MatterThe Generalized OtherThe President as Generalized OtherRecipe KnowledgeGroup Think 5. Might Janus Smile?The Importance of Moral CommunityIt Takes a Village: Clinton and DurkheimFreedom, Equality, and JusticeFreedomEqualityJusticeBusy IntersectionOmaha, Omaha, Omaha6. Conclusion