Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky
Chomsky, Noam
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Add to basketNew York. 2002. New Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 1565847032. Edited by Peter Mitchell and John Schoeffel. Paperback Original. 416 pages. paperback. Cover: Empire Design Studio. keywords: Politics Power Sociology. DESCRIPTION - Noam Chomsky is universally accepted as one of the preeminent public intellectuals of the modern era. Over the past thirty years, broadly diverse audiences have gathered to attend his sold-out lectures. Now, in UNDERSTANDING POWER, Peter H. Mitchell and John Schoeffel have assembled the best of Chomsky's talks on the past, present, and future of the politics of power. In a series of enlightening and wide-ranging discussions - published here for the first time - Chomsky radically reinterprets the events of the past three decades, covering topics from foreign policy during the Vietnam War to the decline of welfare under the Clinton administration. And as he elucidates the connection between America's imperialistic foreign policy and social inequalities at home, Chomsky also discerns the necessary steps to take toward social change. With an eye to political activism and the media's role in popular struggle, as well as U.S. foreign and domestic policy, UNDERSTANDING POWER is definitive Chomsky. Characterized by Chomsky's accessible and informative style, UNDERSTANDING POWER is the ideal book for those new to his work as well as for those who have been listening for years. PRAISE FOR NOAM CHOMSKY - Arguably the most important intellectual alive'----The New York Times. Noam Chomsky - is a major scholarly resource. Not to have read (him) is to court genuine ignorance'-The Nation. Chomsky ranks with Marx, Shakespeare, and the Bible as one of the ten most quoted sources in the humanities.'-The Guardian. inventory #31474.
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The perfect introduction to the wide-ranging thought of “the most widely read voice on foreign policy on the planet” (The New York Times Book Review)
“Chomsky ranks with Marx, Shakespeare and the Bible as one of the ten most quoted sources in the humanities.” —The Guardian
Noam Chomsky remains one of our preeminent public intellectuals, a thinker whose works on international politics and the media are read worldwide. In Understanding Power, Peter Mitchell and John Schoeffel have assembled the best of Chomsky’s talks on the politics of power.
In a series of enlightening and wide-ranging discussions, all published here for the first time, Chomsky radically interprets the events of the late twentieth century, covering topics from foreign policy during Vietnam to the attacks on welfare under the Clinton administration. And as he elucidates the connection between America’s imperialistic foreign policy and the decline of domestic standards of living, Chomsky also establishes a theory of social change. Featuring his classic criticisms of media in capitalist society, as well as U.S. foreign and domestic policy, Understanding Power offers a sweeping critique of the world around us and is the definitive Chomsky.
Characterized by Chomsky’s accessible and informative style, this is the ideal book for those new to his work as well as for those who have been reading for years.
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