One of the greatest, most radical public thinkers of our time ARUNDHATI ROY
Discover the essential guide to Chomsky and his brilliant ideas on the global state of affairs
An extraordinary collection of Chomsky's speeches and his interviews with David Barsamian, edited by Arthur Naiman. With exceptional clarity and power of argument, Noam Chomsky lays bare as no one else can the realities of contemporary geopolitics.
Including classic essays such as:
* What Uncle Sam Really Wants * The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many * Secrets, Lies and Democracy * The Common Good
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The world's greatest public intellectual * Observer * One of the finest minds of the twentieth century * The New Yorker * When the sun sets on the American empire, as it will, as it must, Noam Chomsky's work will survive -- Arundhati Roy A rebel without a pause -- Bono Arguably the most important intellectual alive * The New York Times * The closest thing in the English-speaking world to an intellectual superstar * Guardian *
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Originally published in the US as four individual books which have collectively sold over a million copies. Simple, clear and introductory nature of book will appeal to students keen to identify with Chomsky's politics.
Noam Chomsky is institute professor emeritus in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and laureate professor in the Agnes Nelms Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice at the University of Arizona. His work is widely credited with having revolutionized the field of modern linguistics, and he is equally renowned for his incisive writings on global affairs and U.S. foreign policy. The single most cited and published living author, winner of numerous international awards, Chomsky has written over one hundred books, including the bestselling political works Hegemony or Survival, Failed States, and Who Rules the World?.
