Noam Chomsky
1) On Palestine
Author
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
Discusses the latest conflict between Israel and the Palestinians and argues that the international community must pressure Israel to resolve their issues with the Palestinians and implement the two-state solution.
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 172 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
In his first major book on the subject of income inequality, Noam Chomsky skewers the fundamental tenets of neoliberalism and casts a clear, cold, patient eye on the economic facts of life.
Author
Series
Publisher
City Lights Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
199 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
""Chomsky is a global phenomenon. perhaps the most widely read voice on foreign policy on the planet."--New York Times Book Review"Unwavering political contrarian Noam Chomsky smart-bombs the US military's global Interventions. Shock and awe!"--Vanity FairBecause We Say So presents more than thirty concise, forceful commentaries on US politics and global power. Written between 2011 and 2015, Noam Chomsky's arguments forge a persuasive counter-narrative...
5) Power systems: conversations on global democratic uprisings and the new challenges to U.S. empire
Author
Publisher
Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
211 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In this new collection of conversations, conducted from 2010 to 2012, Noam Chomsky explores the most immediate and urgent concerns: the future of democracy in the Arab world, the implications of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the European financial crisis, the breakdown of American mainstream political institutions, and the rise of the Occupy movement. As always, Chomsky presents his ideas vividly and accessibly, with uncompromising principle and...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The world's leading intellectual offers a probing examination of the waning American Century, the nature of U.S. policies post-9/11, and the perils of valuing power above democracy and human rights In an incisive, thorough analysis of the current international situation, Noam Chomsky argues that the United States, through its military-first policies and its unstinting devotion to maintaining a world-spanning empire, is both risking catastrophe and...
Author
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
Noam Chomsky dissects the multiple crises facing humankind and the planet; and provides a road map for resistance.
In this completely original set of interviews between the legendary duo of Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian, the two confront topics such as the pandemic, the wealth gap (made worse because of the pandemic), climate destruction, the increasing power of the corporate owned media, systematic racism, Big Tech, and
Author
Series
Publisher
Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
227 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In wide-ranging interviews with David Barsamian, his longtime interlocutor, Noam Chomsky asks us to consider a world imperiled by climate change and the growing potential for nuclear war. These twelve interviews, conducted from 2013 to 2016, examine the latest developments around the globe: the devastation of Syria, the reach of state surveillance, growing anger over economic inequality, the place of religion in American political culture, and the...
Author
Publisher
New Press
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
ix, 515 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"One of the World's most prominent public intellectuals, Noam Chomsky has, in more than fifty years of writing on politics, philosophy, and language, revolutionized modern linguistics and established himself as one of the most original and wide-ranging political and social critics of our time. The Essential Chomsky brings together selections from his most important writings since 1959 - from his groundbreaking critique of B.F. Skinner to his bestselling,...
11) 9-11
Author
Series
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
©2001
Edition
A Seven Stories Press 1st ed.
Physical Desc
125 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
A set of interviews conducted with Noam Chomsky by a variety of interviewers during the first month following the attacks of September 11, 2001 on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Noam Chomsky is a world renowned political activist, writer, and professor of linguistics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
12) Middle East illusions: including peace in the Middle East? : reflections on justice and nationhood
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
xiii, 299 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xxiv, 167 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
A collection of lectures by the "founder of modern linguistics" discusses fifty years of scientific development in the study of language as he expounds and criticizes a variety of theories. --Publisher's description.
Author
Series
Publisher
Metropolitan Books
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
311 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
The world's foremost critic of U.S. foreign policy exposes the hollow promises of democracy in American actions abroad-and at home
The United States has repeatedly asserted its right to intervene against "failed states" around the globe. In this much anticipated sequel to his international bestseller Hegemony or Survival, Noam Chomsky turns the tables, charging the United States with being a "failed state," and thus a danger to its own people and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Metropolitan Books
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
223 p. : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this new collection of conversations, conducted in 2006 and 2007, Noam Chomsky explores the most immediate and urgent concerns: Iran's challenge to the United States, the deterioration of the Israel-Palestine conflict, the ongoing occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, the rise of China, and the growing power of the left in Latin America, as well as the Democratic victory in the 2006 U.S. midterm elections and the upcoming presidential race. As always,...
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
175 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In Profit Over People, Chomsky reveals the roots of the present crisis, tracing the history of neoliberalism through an incisive analysis of free trade agreements of the 1990s, the World Trade Organization, and the International Monetary Fund-and describes the movements of resistance to the increasing interference by the private sector in global affairs.
Author
Series
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
2nd ed.
Physical Desc
103 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Noam Chomsky's back pocket classic on wartime propaganda and opinion control begins by asserting two models of democracy-one in which the public actively participates, and one in which the public is manipulated and controlled. According to Chomsky, "propaganda is to democracy as the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state," and the mass media is the primary vehicle for delivering propaganda in the United States. From an examination of how Woodrow Wilson's...
Author
Publisher
South End Press
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
New ed.
Physical Desc
xi, 233 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Pirates and Emperors, Old and New is a virtuoso exploration of the role of the United States in the Middle East that exposes how the media manipulates public opinion about what constitutes "terrorism." Chomsky masterfully argues that appreciating the differences between state terror and nongovernmental terror is crucial to stopping terrorism and understanding why atrocities like the bombing of the World Trade Center and the killing of the Charlie...