What We Say Goes - Conversations on U.S. Power in a Changing World

Informationen zum Autor 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? . Klappentext A collection of conversations that explores international concerns including Iran's challenge to the United States, the deterioration of the Israel-Palestine conflict, the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, the rise of China, and the power of the left in Latin America. Zusammenfassung In this all-new collection of conversations, Noam Chomsky explores immediate and urgent international concerns including 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 US midterm elections and its ramifications for the future. As always, Chomsky presents his own ideas vividly and accessibly, with uncompromising principles and valuable insights. These interviews will inspire a new generation of readers, as well as long-term Chomsky fans eager for his latest thinking on the many crises the world now confronts.

Product details

• Authors: Barsamian, David Barsamian, Chomsk, Noa Chomsky, Noam Chomsky
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.02.2009
• EAN: 9780141033136
• ISBN: 978-0-14-103313-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 178 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre > Music: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; USA, China, Iran, Afghanistan, Israel, Latin America, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, International Economics, United States of America, USA, Iraq, Palestine, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Elections & referenda, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state, Elections and referenda