| dc.description.abstract | The subject of this study is the portrayal of the human in the One State –
his depersonalization and transformation into a means for achieving the “idealsˮ
of a totalitarian society. The fictional world in the novel reflects the modern
conception of the infinite mechanical Universe, governed solely by physical laws.
Technological civilization introduces a mechanistic principle, hostile to humanity,
and the means of manipulating human consciousness become ever more powerful
and global. The idea of collectivism was born, which suppresses and destroys the
individual, turning them into a “cogˮ in the vast mechanism of the State. The novel
“Weˮ is a response to the total pressure of the ideological “monophonyˮ
proclaimed by the Russian Revolution of 1917, and resonates with present
dystopian literature, which warns: the danger of totalitarian regimes has not
disappeared. | en_US |
