Hopes and Prospects

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 In HOPES AND PROSPECTS, Noam Chomsky examines the challenges of our early twenty-first century. He explores obstacles and threats such as the widening gap between North and South America, US exceptionalism (which continues under Obama), the fiascos of Iraq and Afghanistan, the US-Israeli assault on Gaza and the recent financial bailouts. Zusammenfassung Offers an analysis of the world at present and a roadmap for the future. This title explores obstacles and threats such as the widening gap between North and South America, US exceptionalism (which continues under Obama), the fiascos of Iraq and Afghanistan, the US-Israeli assault on Gaza and the financial bailouts.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Noam Chomsky
• Editore: Penguin Books Uk
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 27.01.2011
• EAN: 9780141045306
• ISBN: 978-0-14-104530-6
• Pagine: 327
• Dimensioni: 129 mm x 197 mm x 20 mm
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