-The influence of James Burnham in Orwell's 1984 Orwell has been deeply influenced by James Burnham's The Managerial Revolution. In this work, Burnham said that the nature of advanced economies in the modern age required a new class of technocratic "managers" to run all aspects of modern life, from industry through the government. Burnham expressed that the purpose of politics, despite the ostensible rhetoric and stated party platforms, was to give power to the ruling elite. …
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…enemy, a pre-emptive strike to be launched before Russia acquires the atomic bomb. In 1946 and 1947, Orwell found The Managerial Revolution both "magnetic and repellent." He criticized Burnham for "power worship," for being "fascinated by the spectacle of power". Nevertheless, it is true that his 1984 is deeply influenced by the same ideas he criticized, and what is more, The Managerial Revolution itself appears in Orwell's novel under the title The Theory and Practice of Oligarchic Collectivism.