Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky

Noam Chomsky

Jan 2002 · Scribe Publications

About this ebook

Here is a major collection from ‘arguably the most important intellectual alive’ (the New York Times).
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 sold-out lectures. Now, in
Understanding Power, Peter Mitchell and John Schoeffel have
assembled the best of Chomsky’s recent talks on the past, present, and
future of the politics of power.

In a series of enlightening and wide-ranging discussions, all
published here for the first time, Chomsky radically reinterprets the
events of the past three decades, covering topics from foreign policy
during Vietnam to the decline of welfare under the Clinton
administration. And as he elucidates the connection between America’s
imperialistic foreign policy and the decline of domestic social
services, 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
offers a sweeping critique of the world around us and is definitive
Chomsky. Characterised 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 listening for years.

Ratings and reviews

What an outstanding read I especially like the bit with the pony.

Excellent reading!

About the author

Noam Chomsky is universally accepted as one of the pre-eminent public intellectuals of the modern era, his work covers a range of topics: from internal US politics to international affairs and representations of political issues in the media. His books include Manufacturing Consent and Necessary Illusions.

 

Peter Mitchell is a public defender in New York.

 

 

John Schoeffel is a public defender in New York.