Back in print after thirty years, this is a classic collection of Chomsky essays. It is particularly valuable as the first of Chomsky's works to fully demonstrate his power as a political thinker. In his biting critiques of American foreign policy, the collection showcases his unique ability to join broader philosophical concerns with the political realities of his time.
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This classic collection of Chomsky essays demonstrates his power as a political thinker. In his biting critiques of American foreign policy, the collection showcases Chomsky's ability to join broader philosophical concerns with the political realities of his time.
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"Those who have waited eight years for Congress to do something about the bombing of Indochina must have a nagging suspicion that things may go on much as before. They will find little comfort in Chomsky's book." - The New York Review of Books "Here Chomsky displays those qualities which exemplify the finest traditions of intellectual responsibility and which have rightly earned for him the gratitude of those who have long regarded the Vietnam War as an abomination." - The New York Times Book Review
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781565847941
Publisert
1970-01-01
Utgiver
Vendor
The New Press
Vekt
549 gr
Høyde
209 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Aldersnivå
G, UU, UP, P, 01, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
458

Forfatter

Biographical note

Noam Chomsky is Professor of Linguistics at MIT, a world-renowned linguist and political acrivist, and the author of numerous books, including 'On Language' American Power and the New Mandarins', and the collection 'Understanding Power (all from The New Press). Arundhati Roy lives in New Delhi. She is the author of 'The God of Small Things' and 'Power and Politics'.