Understanding Power - Couverture souple

Chomsky, Noam

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1565847032 ISBN 13 : 9781565847033

Editeur : The New Press, 2002

Synopsis

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.

Click here to download a PDF of the explanatory footnotes compiled by the editors.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Noam Chomsky is universally accepted as one of the pre-eminent public intellectuals of the modern era. Over the past thirty years, broadly diverse audiences have gathered to attend his sell-out lectures. Now, in Understanding Power, Peter R. 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 US foreign and domestic policy, Understanding Power is definitive Chomsky.

Revue de presse

"Arguably the most important intellectual alive" (New York Times)

"Chomsky ranks with Marx, Shakespeare and the Bible as one of the ten most quoted sources in the humanities" (Guardian)

"Noam Chomsky is a major scholarly resource. Not to have read him is to court genuine ignorance" (The Nation)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The New Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1565847032
• ISBN 13: 9781565847033
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 416
• Éditeur: Schoeffel John
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible