Noam Chomsky

Because We Say So

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Produktbeschreibung

Concise, forceful commentaries on US politics and global crisis, from cyberwar and surveillance to the increasing urgency of climate change.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: City Lights Books
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 134mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 204g
• ISBN-13: 9780872866577
• ISBN-10: 0872866572
• Artikelnr.: 41608732

Autorenporträt

Noam Chomsky is known throughout the world for his groundbreaking work in linguistics and for his relentless advocacy for democracy, freedom and self-determination. He is author of dozens of books, many of which have become international best sellers. He is Institute Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston. A member of the American Academy of Science, he has published widely in both linguistics and current affairs, and writes a monthly column for The New York Times Syndicate which is the basis for a series of books published in the Open Media Series by City Lights books: Interventions, Making the Future, and Because We Say So.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Introduction (TK)
1. Marching off the Cliff
December 5, 2011
2. Recognizing the "Unpeople"
January 5, 2012
3. Anniversaries from "Unhistory"
February 4, 2012
4. What Are Iran's Intentions?
March 3, 2012
5. The Assault on Public Education
April 3, 2012
6. Cartegena: Beyond the Secret Service Scandal
May 1, 2012
7. Somebody Else's Atrocities
June 1, 2012
8. The Great Charter: Its Fate, Our Fate
July 3, 2012
9. In Hiroshima's Shadow
August 1, 2012
10. When Travesty Borders on Tragedy
August 30, 2012
11. Issues that Obama and Romney Avoid
October 4, 2012
12. Gaza, the World's Largest Open-Air Prison
November 7, 2012
13. Gaza Under Assault
December 1, 2012
14. The Gravest Threat to World Peace
January 3, 2013
15. Who Owns the World?
February 5, 2013
16. Can Civilization Survive Capitalism?
March 4, 2013
17. In Palestine, Dignity and Violence
April 1, 2013
18. Boston and Beyond
May 1, 2013
19. Guilty in Guatamala
June 3, 2013
20. Who Owns the Earth?
July 4, 2013
21. Is Edward J. Snowden Aboard this Plane?
July 31, 2013
22. The "Honest Broker" Is Crooked
August 30, 2013
23. The Obama Doctrine
October 4, 2013
24. De-Americanizing the World
November 4, 2013
25. The "Axis of Evil" Revisited
December 3, 2013
26. What Is the Common Good?
January 1, 2014
27. Prerogatives of Power
February 4, 2014
28. Security and State Policy
March 3, 2014
29. The Prospects for Survival
March 31, 2014
Notes
Index
About Noam Chomsky