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9-11by Noam ChomskyISBN 1583224890 (1-58322-489-0)
Softcover, Seven Stories Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: '9-11'Book summary:It is always instructive to read American's premier dissident thinker if only simply to get an alternative take on what constitutes our present day "common sense"--an urgent project he undertakes in 9-11. Chomsky, whose recent hugely prolific political output has made him something of an icon of the American left, began his career as a ground-breaking theoretical linguist. And it is his attention to detail and language which continue to make him such a useful guide through the murky world of power politics and particularly to US Foreign Policy in the Middle East. In grappling with 9-11, a date which has become a noun whose very definition has been consciously moulded by the media and the American establishment, Chomsky is taking on one of the biggest challenges of our time. But this is a very slight book in which to do this. A collection of interviews conducted in the month following the attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center Chomsky is here keen to stress the urgency of a response to 9-11 that is not simply reactionary warfaring. It behoves us to discover why 9-11 really happened. In the words of the title of another very useful book: Why Do People Hate America?. In such a small, and sometimes rather repetitive, volume Chomsky can only really encourage us to ask better questions and to seek more carefully and widely for better answers. But if questions are beginning to form then readers could do worse than look to this useful and provocative book. --Mark Thwaite [via]
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Acts of Aggression: Policing Rogue Statesby Noam Chomsky, Edward W. SaidISBN 1583225463 (1-58322-546-3)
Softcover, Seven Stories Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Acts of Aggression: Policing Rogue States'Book summary:What constitutes the behavior that gets a nation labeled a "rogue state"? If, Noam Chomsky suggests, we consider a state to be acting in an "outlaw" fashion when it refuses to heed the articles and resolutions of the United Nations, then the United States is as much a "rogue state" as Saddam Hussein's Iraq--if not more. Chomsky presents a brief outline of America's attempts--once the cold war was over--to reconstruct Iraq as an enemy after years of turning a blind eye to Saddam's activities and even supplying him with aid. He also considers how the broader "war" on terrorism fits into this post-cold-war strategy. Noted commentator on Middle Eastern affairs Edward Said supplements Chomsky's argument with a consideration of the severity of U.S. sanctions against Iraq and what he views as a growing disregard for the interests of other Arab nations in the region. And Ramsey Clark offers a brief coda on the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Chomsky himself delivers a more elaborate consideration of this theme in another book in the Open Media series, The Umbrella of U.S. Power. --Ron Hogan [via]
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At War with Asiaby Noam ChomskyISBN 1902593898 (1-902593-89-8)
Softcover, A K Pr Distribution
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Chomsky for Beginnersby David Cogswell, Paul GordonISBN 0863162339 (0-86316-233-9)
Softcover, Writers & Readers
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Chomsky On Anarchismby Noam Chomsky, Barry PatemanISBN 1904859208 (1-904859-20-8)
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The Chomsky Readerby Noam Chomsky, James PeckISBN 0394751736 (0-394-75173-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Chomsky Reader'Book summary:The political and linguistic writings of America's leading dissident intellectual. He relates his political ideals to his theories about language.
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The Chomsky Trilogy: Secrets, Lies and Democracy/the Prosperous Few and the Restless Many/What Uncle Sam Really Wantsby Noam ChomskyISBN 1878825070 (1-878825-07-0)
Softcover, Odonian Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Chomsky Trilogy: Secrets, Lies and Democracy/the Prosperous Few and the Restless Many/What Uncle Sam Really Wants'Book summary:The Real Story Series is based on a simple idea--political books don't have to be boring. Short, well-written and to the point, Real Story books are meant to be read.
In these fact-filled, illusion-shattering masterpieces, the man the "New York Times" called "arguably the most important intellectual alive," explains why "what the public wants is called 'politically unrealistic.' Translated into English, that means power and privilege are opposed to it."
Normally somewhat difficult to read, Chomsky is at his most accessible in his speeches and interviews, and that's what these books are compiled from. Here are some examples of what he has to tell you:
In 1970, about 90% of international capital was used for trade and long-term investment-more or less productive things--and 10% reserved for speculation. By 1990, those figures were reversed.
Haiti, a starving island, is exporting food to the U.S.--about 35 times as much under Clinton as under Bush.
The gap between how much income is held by the richest and poorest 20? has increased dramatically over the past 30 years--about double for rich vs. poor countries and far more for rich vs. poor people. [via]
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Chomsky's Politicsby Milan RaiISBN 1859840116 (1-85984-011-6)
Softcover, Routledge
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Chronicles of Dissentby Noam Chomsky, David Barsamian, Alexander CockburnISBN 0962883883 (0-9628838-8-3)
Softcover, Common Courage Press
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Class Warfare: Interviews With David Barsamianby Noam ChomskyISBN 1567510922 (1-56751-092-2)
Softcover, Common Courage Press
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The Common Goodby Noam Chomsky, Arthur Naiman, David BarsamianISBN 1878825089 (1-878825-08-9)
Softcover, Odonian Pr
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Deterring Democracyby Noam ChomskyISBN 0374523495 (0-374-52349-5)
Softcover, Hill & Wang Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Deterring Democracy'Book summary:'One of the West's most influential intellectuals in the cause of peace. Independent [via]
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Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracyby Noam ChomskyISBN 0805082840 (0-8050-8284-0)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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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 the world.
"Failed states" Chomsky writes, are those "that do not protect their citizens from violence and perhaps even destruction, that regard themselves as beyond the reach of domestic or international law, and that suffer from a 'democratic deficit,' having democratic forms but with limited substance." Exploring recent U.S. foreign and domestic policies, Chomsky assesses Washington's escalation of the nuclear risk; the dangerous consequences of the occupation of Iraq; and America's self-exemption from international law. He also examines an American electoral system that frustrates genuine political alternatives, thus impeding any meaningful democracy.
Forceful, lucid, and meticulously documented, Failed States offers a comprehensive analysis of a global superpower that has long claimed the right to reshape other nations while its own democratic institutions are in severe crisis, and its policies and practices have recklessly placed the world on the brink of disaster. Systematically dismantling America's claim to being the world's arbiter of democracy, Failed States is Chomsky's most focused--and urgent--critique to date.More editions of Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy:
Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel and the Palestiniansby Noam ChomskyISBN 1551641607 (1-55164-160-7)
Softcover, Univ of Toronto Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel and the Palestinians'Book summary:Contents[via]Foreword by Edward W. Said
Preface to the Updated Edition
1. Fanning the Flames
2. The Origins of the "Special Relationship"
3. Rejectionism and Accommodation
4. Isreal and Palestine: Historical Backgrounds
5. Peace for Galilee
6. Aftermath
7. The Road to Armageddon
8. The Palestinian Uprising
9. "Limited War" in Lebanon
10. Washington's "Peace Process"
IndexAn Excerpt from Fateful Triangle, Updated Edition
For some time, I've been compelled to arrange speaking engagements long in advance. Sometimes a title is requested for a talk scheduled several years ahead. There is, I've found, one title that always works: "The current crisis in the Middle East." One can't predict exactly what the crisis will be far down the road, but that there will be one is a fairly safe prediction.
That will continue to be the case as long as basic problems of the region are not addressed.
Furthermore, the crises will be serious in what President Eisenhower called "the most strategically important area in the world." In the early post-War years, the United States in effect extended the Monroe Doctrine to the Middle East, barring any interference apart from Britain, assumed to be a loyal dependency and quickly punished when it occasionally got out of hand (as in 1956). The strategic importance of the region lies primarily in its immense petroleum reserves and the global power accorded by control over them; and, crucially, from the huge profits that flow to the Anglo-American rulers, which have been of critical importance for their economies. It has been necessary to ensure that this enormous wealth flows primarily to the West, not to the people of the region. That is one fundamental problem that will continue to cause unrest and disorder. Another is the Israel-Arab conflict with its many ramifications, which have been closely related to the major U.S. strategic goal of dominating the region's resources and wealth.
For many years, it was claimed the core problem was Soviet subversion and expansionism, the reflexive justification for virtually all policies since the Bolshevik takeover in Russia in 1917. That pretext having
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Government In The Futureby Noam ChomskyISBN 1583226850 (1-58322-685-0)
Softcover, Seven Stories Pr
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Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominanceby Noam ChomskyISBN 0805076883 (0-8050-7688-3)
Softcover, Owl Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance'Book summary:Noam Chomsky is considered the father of modern linguistics. In this richly detailed criticism of American foreign policy, he seeks to redefine many of the terms commonly used in the ongoing American war on terrorism. Surveying U.S. actions in Cuba, Nicaragua, Turkey, the Far East and elsewhere over the past half a century along with the modern American war in Iraq, Chomsky indicates that America is just as much a terrorist state as any other government or rogue organization. George W. Bush's 2003 invasion of Iraq drew worldwide criticism, in part because it seemed to present a new philosophy of pre-emptive war and an appearance of global empire building. But according to Chomsky, such has been the operating philosophy of American foreign policy for decades. Opponents of the Bush administration's tactics consistently point out how the American government supported Saddam Hussein for many years prior to the 1990 invasion of Kuwait (pictures of Donald Rumsfeld shaking Saddam's hand are easy to come by) as a means of pointing out how the United States is happy to fund despots when it's in American interests. But Chomsky, armed with extensive historical notation, takes this notion further, arguing how the repression of other nations' citizenry is, in fact, the very reason Americans support certain foreign leaders. The charges made throughout the book are severe, as are the dire consequences he posits if current trends are not reversed, and Chomsky is no more likely to make friends or gain supporters from the mainstream now than he's ever been. But Hegemony or Survival is relatively dispassionate. Instead of relying on camp or shock value or personal attacks as some of his contemporaries have done, Chomsky drives his well-supported points steadily forward in an earnest and highly readable style. --John Moe [via]
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Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 Worldby Noam Chomsky, David BarsamianISBN 080507967X (0-8050-7967-X)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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Introducing Chomskyby John C. Maher, Judy Groves, Richard AppignanesiISBN 1840465891 (1-84046-589-1)
Softcover, Totem Books
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Keeping the Rabble in Line: Interviews With David Barsamianby Noam Chomsky, David BarsamianISBN 1567510329 (1-56751-032-9)
Softcover, Common Courage Pr
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Language and Mind.by Noam ChomskyISBN 052167493X (0-521-67493-X)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Language And Mind'Book summary:This is the third edition of Chomsky's outstanding collection of essays on language and mind, first published in 2006. The first six chapters, originally published in the 1960s, made a groundbreaking contribution to linguistic theory. This edition complements them with an additional chapter and a new preface, bringing Chomsky's influential approach into the twenty-first century. Chapters 1-6 present Chomsky's early work on the nature and acquisition of language as a genetically endowed, biological system (Universal Grammar), through the rules and principles of which we acquire an internalized knowledge (I-language). Over the past fifty years, this framework has sparked an explosion of inquiry into a wide range of languages, and has yielded some major theoretical questions. The final chapter revisits the key issues, reviewing the 'biolinguistic' approach that has guided Chomsky's work from its origins to the present day, and raising some novel and exciting challenges for the study of language and mind. [via]
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Language and Politicsby Noam Chomsky, Carlos P. OteroISBN 1902593820 (1-902593-82-0)
Softcover, A K Pr Distribution
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Language and Politics'Book summary:[via]An enormous chronological collection of over fifty interviews conducted with Chomsky from 1968 to present day. Many of the pieces have never appeared in any other collection, some have never appeared in English, and more than one has been suppressed. This expanded edition contains fifty pages of brand new interviews.
The interviews add a personal dimension to the full breadth of Chomskys impressive written canonequally covering his analysis in linguistics, philosophy, and politics. This updated, annotated, fully indexed new edition contains an extensive bibliography, as well as an intro-duction by editor Carlos Otero on the relationship between Chomskys language and politics.
Praise for previous edition:
"For those who know [Chomsky] only as media analyst and critic of foreign policy, this wide-ranging book offers glimpses of his studies on language, anarchist theory, and critiques of radical politics."NACLA
Noam Chomsky is a renowned scholar, the founder of the modern science of linguistics, a philosopher, a poli-tical and social analyst, a media critic, and author of more than one hundred books. Recipient of numerous prizes and awards, Chomsky ranks with Marx, Shakespeare and the Bible as one of the ten most quoted sources in the -humanities. His previous works include the best selling 9-11, and the critically acclaimed AK Audio Collection.
Carlos Otero, who also edited Radical Priorities by Noam Chomsky, teaches linguistics at the University of California at Los Angeles.
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Language and Problems of Knowledge: The Managua Lecturesby Noam ChomskyISBN 0262530708 (0-262-53070-8)
Softcover, Mit Pr
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Language and Thoughtby Noam ChomskyISBN 1559210761 (1-55921-076-1)
Softcover, Moyer Bell Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Language and Thought'Book summary:As a linguist, Noam Chomsky aims not only at making a technical contribution with his generative theory of language but also at integrating his linguistic theory into a wider view of the relationship between between language and the human mind. The crux of this view is the hypothesis that human beings are born with an innate knowledge of universal principles underlying the structure of human language.
Chomsky's ideas have exerted a powerful influence on the other disciplines by restoring language to a central position in cognitive psychology and in the philosophy of the mind. The wider impact on his redefinition of the subject gives him a permanent place in the intellectual history of the twentieth century. [via]
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The Language Instinctby Steven PinkerISBN 0060976519 (0-06-097651-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Language Instinct'Book summary:In The Language Instinct , Steven Pinker, well-known for his revolutionary theory of how children acquire language, lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, how it evolved. With wit, education, and deft use of everyday examples of humor and wordplay, Pinker weaves our vast knowledge of language into a compelling story: language is a human instinct, wired into our brains by evolution like web spinning in spiders or sonar in bats. [via]
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The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Languageby Steven PinkerISBN 0060958332 (0-06-095833-2)
Softcover, Perennial
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language'Book summary:In this "extremely valuable book, very informative, and very well written" (Noam Chomsky), one of the greatest thinkers in the field of linguistics explains how language works--how people, ny making noises with their mouths, can cause ideas to arise in other people's minds. [via]
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Letters from Lexington: Reflections on Propagandaby Noam Chomsky, Edward S. HermanISBN 1594510296 (1-59451-029-6)
Softcover, Paradigm Pub
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Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media : A Primer in Intellectual Self-Defenceby Mark AchbarISBN 1551640023 (1-55164-002-3)
Softcover, Black Rose Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media : A Primer in Intellectual Self-Defence'Book summary:Manufacturing Consent Noam Chomsky and the Media, the companion book to the award-winning film, charts the life of America's most famous dissident, from his boyhood days running his uncle's newsstand in Manhattan to his current role as outspoken social critic.[via]
A complete transcript of the film is complemented by key excerpts from the writings, interviews and correspondence. Also included are exchanges between Chomsky and his critics, historical and biographical material, filmmakers' notes, a resource guide, more than 270 stills from the film and 18 "Philosopher All-Stars" Trading Cards!
Mark Achbar has applied a wide range of creative abilities and technical skills to over 50 films, videos, and books. He has worked as editor, researcher and production coordinator.
"A juicily subversive biographical/philosophical documentary bristling and buzzing with ideas."Washington Post
"You will see the whole sweep of the most challenging critic in modern political thought."Boston Globe
"One of our real geniuses, an excellent introduction."Village Voice
"An intellectually challenging crash course in the man's cooly contentious analysis, laying out his thoughts in a package that is clever and accessible."Los Angeles Times
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The Man. Early Influences. Vietnam A Turning Point. On His Role. The Media. Thought Control in Democratic Societies. A Propaganda Model. The Gulf "War". A Case Study Cambodia & East Timor. Concision A Structural Constraint. "Sports Rap with Noam Chomsky." A Cabal of Anti-Conspiricists. Media in Media, Pennsylvania. Alternative Media. The Linguist. Basic Premises. Nim Chimsky: Chimpanzee. And the Elusive Connection to his Politics. The Social Order. On Education. Anarchism/Libertarian Socialism. Resistance & Critical Analysis. The Critics (Media-Based). William F. Buckley, Jr. "Firing Line". David Frum Journalist, Washington Post. Jeff Greenfield Producer, "Nightline". Karl E. Meyer Editorial Writer, The New York Times. Peter Worthington Editor, The Ottawa Sun. The Critics (Other Elites). Fritz Bolkestein Former Dutch Minister of Defense. Michel Foucault Philosopher. Yossi Olmert Tel Aviv University. John SilberMore editions of Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media : A Primer in Intellectual Self-Defence:
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Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Mediaby Edward S. Herman, Noam ChomskyISBN 0679720340 (0-679-72034-0)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Manufacturing Consent : The Political Economy of the Mass Media'Book summary:An absolutely brilliant analysis of the ways in which individuals and organizations of the media are influenced to shape the social agendas of knowledge and, therefore, belief. Contrary to the popular conception of members of the press as hard-bitten realists doggedly pursuing unpopular truths, Herman and Chomsky prove conclusively that the free-market economics model of media leads inevitably to normative and narrow reporting. Whether or not you've seen the eye-opening movie, buy this book, and you will be a far more knowledgeable person and much less prone to having your beliefs manipulated as easily as the press. [via]
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Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Mediaby Noam Chomsky, Edward S. HermanISBN 0375714499 (0-375-71449-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propagandaby Noam ChomskyISBN 1583225366 (1-58322-536-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda'Book summary:Noam Chomskys backpocket classic on wartime propaganda and opinion control begins by asserting two models of democracyone 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 Wilsons Creel Commission "succeeded, within six months, in turning a pacifist population into a hysterical, war-mongering population," to Bush Sr.'s war on Iraq, Chomsky examines how the mass media and public relations industries have been used as propaganda to generate public support for going to war. Chomsky further touches on how the modern public relations industry has been influenced by Walter Lippmanns theory of "spectator democracy," in which the public is seen as a "bewildered herd" that needs to be directed, not empowered; and how the public relations industry in the United States focuses on "controlling the public mind," and not on informing it. Media Control is an invaluable primer on the secret workings of disinformation in democratic societies. [via]
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Middle East Illusionsby Noam ChomskyISBN 0742533093 (0-7425-3309-3)
Softcover, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Middle East Illusions'Book summary:Middle East Illusions offers chapters written by Chomsky just before the 2000 Palestinian Intifada and up through October 2002, when 9-11 and a prospective U.S. military campaign against Iraq add new pressures to age-old conflicts. The book also includes the full text of Chomsky's earlier book, Peace in the Middle East? Reflections on Justice and Nationhood, written during the crucial period spanning the Six-Day and 1973 wars, which continue to define and deeply influence events in the Middle East today. [via]
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Middle East Illusions: Including Peace in the Middle East? Reflections on Justice and Nationhoodby Noam ChomskyISBN 0742529770 (0-7425-2977-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Middle East Illusions: Including Peace in the Middle East? Reflections on Justice and Nationhood'Book summary:What are the roots of the Israel-Palestinian conflict and how has it been influenced by the United States? Why has the U.S.-brokered "peace process" repeatedly failed to deliver peace? What are the prospects for a just resolution? What interests underlie current U.S. strategic doctrines in the Middle East, especially in its redeclared "war on terrorism" after 9-11, and how do we look beyond them to find more peaceful and viable alternatives?
These are among the current and long-standing questions Noam Chomsky takes up in his newest book. Middle East Illusions presents recent chapters written by the author about the myths behind the peace process, the second Palestinian Intifada (which began in September 2000 and continues today in defiance of Israeli repression), and the Bush administration's response to the September 11 attacks on the United States, including its drive toward another war with Iraq.
Middle East Illusions also includes the full text of Chomsky's earlier book, Peace in the Middle East? Reflections on Justice and Nationhood, written during the crucial period spanning the Six-Day and 1973 wars, events that continue to define and deeply influence the world today. It therefore presents in-depth analysis covering several decades, making it one of the richest of any analysis published about the region's geopolitics.
Noam Chomsky is recognized internationally for his critical analysis of the Middle East. His thoroughly documented research draws on an immense range of sources, including Hebrew texts rarely discussed in the United States, declassified government planning documents, and other sources all too often overlooked in discussions of the U.S. role in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. [via]More editions of Middle East Illusions: Including Peace in the Middle East? Reflections on Justice and Nationhood:
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Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societiesby Noam ChomskyISBN 0887845746 (0-88784-574-6)
Softcover, House of Anansi Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies'Book summary:This is an essential introduction to the "propaganda model" of media analysis. Chomsky offers a message of hope, reminding us that resistance is possible, necessary and effective.[via]More editions of Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies:
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The New Military Humanism: Lessons from Kosovoby Noam ChomskyISBN 1567511767 (1-56751-176-7)
Softcover, Common Courage Press
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On Nature and Languageby Noam Chomsky, Adriana Belletti, Luigi RizziISBN 052101624X (0-521-01624-X)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'On Nature and Language'Book summary:In On Nature and Language Noam Chomsky develops his thinking on the relation between language, mind, and brain, integrating current research in linguistics into the burgeoning field of neuroscience. Following a lucid introduction is a penetrating interview with Chomsky, in which he provides the clearest and most elegant introduction to current theory available. It makes his Minimalist Program accessible to all. The volume concludes with an essay on the role of intellectuals in society and government. A significant landmark in the development of linguistic theory, On Nature and Language will be welcomed by students and researchers in theoretical linguistics, neurolinguistics, cognitive science and politics, as well as anyone interested in the development of Chomsky's thought. Noam Chomsky is Professor of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Chomsky has written and lectured extensively on philosophy, intellectual history, and international affairs. His works include The Architecture of Language, Aspects of the Theory of Syntax; Cartesian Linguistics; Language and Mind; American Power and the New Mandarins; At War with Asia; For Reasons of State; Peace in the Middle East? Reflections on Language; Rules and Representations; The Culture of Terrorism; Rethinking Camelot; JFKm the Vietnam War and US Political Culture; World Orders, Old and New and The Common Good. [via]
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On Power & Ideologyby Noam ChomskyISBN 0921689047 (0-921689-04-7)
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On Power and Ideology: The Managua Lecturesby Noam ChomskyISBN 089608289X (0-89608-289-X)
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Pirates & Emperors: International Terrorism in the Real Worldby N. ChomskyISBN 0920057934 (0-920057-93-4)
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Pirates and Emperors, Old and New: International Terrorism in the Real Worldby Noam ChomskyISBN 0896086852 (0-89608-685-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pirates and Emperors, Old and New: International Terrorism in the Real World'Book summary:[via]This updated edition of Noam Chomskys classic dis-section of terrorism explores the role of the U.S. in the Middle East, and reveals how the media manipulates -public opinion about what constitutes "terrorism."
This edition includes new chapters covering the second Palestinian intifada that began in October 2000; an analysis of the impact of September 11 on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East; a deconstruction of depictions and perceptions of terrorism since that date; as well as the original sections on Iran and the U.S. bombing of Libya.
Chomsky starts by tracing the changing meaning of "terrorism," examining how it originally referred to violent acts by "governments designed to ensure popular submission." He calls its current application "retail terrorism," practiced by "thieves who molest the powerful." Chomsky 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 happen.
In comparing the "war on terror" launched by George W. Bush to that of his father and Ronald Reagans administrations, Chomsky recalls Winston Churchills summation of the terror by the powerful: "The rich and powerful have every right to demand that they be left in peace to enjoy what they have gained, often by violence and terror; the rest can be ignored as long as they suffer in silence, but if they interfere with the lives of those who rule the world by right, the terrors of the earth will be visited upon them with righteous wrath, unless power is constrained from within."
Pirates and Emperors is a brilliant account of the workings of state terrorism by the worlds foremost critic of U.S. imperialism.
An internationally acclaimed philosopher, linguist, and political activist, Noam Chomsky teaches at MIT.
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Power and Terror: Post 9-11 Talks and Interviewsby Noam Chomsky, John Junkerman, Takei MasakazuISBN 1583225900 (1-58322-590-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Power and Terror: Post 9-11 Talks and Interviews'Book summary:Power and Terror, Noam Chomsky's highly anticipated follow-up to 9-11, is drawn from a series of public talks that Chomsky gave during the spring of 2002, as well as a lengthy unpublished interview. It presents Chomsky's latest thinking on terrorism, U.S. foreign policy, and alternatives to militarism and violence as solutions to the world's problems. Chomsky challenges the United States to apply to its own actions the moral standards it demands of others, and arrives at a surprisingly optimistic conclusion rooted in his faith in the power of an informed public. [via]
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Profit over People: Neoliberalism and Global Orderby Noam ChomskyISBN 1888363827 (1-888363-82-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Profit over People: Neoliberalism and Global Order'Book summary:In this thought-provoking new collection of essays, Noam Chomsky examines democracy in theory vs. democracy in action. The brilliant thinker reveals how the political and economic principles that have prevailed are far removed from those that are popularly proclaimed.
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Propaganda and the Public Mind: Conversations With Noam Chomsky and David Barsamianby Noam Chomsky, David BarsamianISBN 0896086348 (0-89608-634-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Propaganda and the Public Mind: Conversations With Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian'Book summary:[via]Renowned interviewer David Barsamian showcases his unique access to Chomkys thinking on a number of topics of contemporary and historical import. In an interview conducted after the important November 1999 Battle in Seattle, Chomsky discusses prospects for building a movement to challenge corporate domination of the media, the environment, and even our private lives. Chomsky also engages in a discussion of his ideas on language and mind, making his important linguistic insights accessible to the lay reader.
Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is a world-renowned linguist, philosopher, and political analyst. He writes extensively and lectures around the world on international affairs, U.S. foreign policy, and human rights. Chomsky has published 15 books with South End Press, including Rogue States: The Rule of Force in World Affairs. David Barsamian lives in Boulder, Colorado, and is the producer of the award-winning syndicated radio program, Alternative Radio. His interview books with luminaries such as Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, and Edward W. Said have sold in the hundreds of thousands of copies.
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1. Activist Victories
2. US to World: Get Out of the Way
3. For Reasons of State
4. East Timor on the Brink
5. The Meaning of Seattle
6. Liberating the Mind
7. Solidarity and Mutual SupportPraise for Noam Chomsky
"An exploder of received truths."-New York Times
"Noam Chomsky is one of the most significant challengers of unjust power and delusions; he goes against every assumption about American altruism and huniatrianism."-Edward Said
"Reading Chomsky is like standing in a wind tunnel. With relentless logic, Chomsky bids us to listen closely to what our leaders tell us--and to discern what they are leaving out...The questions Chomsky raises will eventually have to be answered. Agree with him or not, we lose out by not listening."-Business Week
Praise for David Barsamian
"David Barsamian is the Studs Terkel of our generation."-Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States
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The Prosperous Few and the Restless Manyby Noam ChomskyISBN 1878825038 (1-878825-03-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many'Book summary:These wide-ranging interviews, from 1992 and 1993, cover everything from Bosnia and Somalia to biotechnology and nonviolence, with particular attention to the "Third Worldization" of the United States.
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Radical Prioritiesby Noam Chomsky, Carlos P. OteroISBN 1902593693 (1-902593-69-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Radical Priorities'Book summary:307 p. + 8 p. of ads. 22 cm. Orange softcover. Begins with an introduction to Chomsky's social theory by Otero. The author's topics include: Vietnam protest and the media; the hidden war in East Timor; the Iranian-American conflict; Israel and the American intelligentsia; the new Cold War; the Carter administration; secret terror organizations of the US government; Watergate; why students rebel; politicization of the university; reflections on violence; tasks for the left; the new radicalism; relevance of anarcho-syndicalism; the danger of nuclear war; foreign policy of the Reagan Administration; Orwell's 1984 and ours. [via]
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Rethinking Camelotby Noam ChomskyISBN 1895431727 (1-895431-72-7)
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Rethinking Camelot: Jfk, the Vietnam War, and U.S. Political Cultureby Noam ChomskyISBN 0896084582 (0-89608-458-2)
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Rogue States: The Rule of Force in World Affairsby Noam ChomskyISBN 0896086119 (0-89608-611-9)
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Secrets, Lies, and Democracyby Noam Chomsky, David BarsamianISBN 1878825046 (1-878825-04-6)
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Towards a New Cold War: U.S. Foreign Policy from Vietnam to Reaganby Noam ChomskyISBN 1565848594 (1-56584-859-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Towards a New Cold War: U.S. Foreign Policy from Vietnam to Reagan'Book summary:A sobering assessment of American foreign policy from the end of the Vietnam era to Ronald Reagan.
With the same uncompromising style that characterized his breakthrough, Vietnam-era writings, Toward a New Cold War extends Chomsky's critique of US foreign policy through the early 1970s to Ronald Reagan's first term. Expanding on themes such as the cozy relationship of intellectuals to the state, and American adventurism after World War II, Chomsky goes on to exaamine the way that US policymakers set about the task of rewriting the horrible history of involvement in Indochina and turned their attention more squarely on the Middle East and Central America. He assesses US oil strategy and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, dissects the first volume of Henry Kissinger's memoirs, issues an urgent call to stem the bloodshed in then-unknown East Timor and, in the title essay, marks the increased posture of confrontation and rearmament under presidents Carter and Reagan that signaled the end of détente with the Soviet Union.
Featuring a new introduction by internationally acclaimed journalist John Pilger, this is the latest in the New Press series of Noam Chomsky's early political works. [via]
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Turning the Tide: The Us & Latin Americaby Noam ChomskyISBN 0920057918 (0-920057-91-8)
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Turning the Tide: U.S. Intervention in Central American and the Struggle for Peaceby Noam ChomskyISBN 0896082660 (0-89608-266-0)
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Understanding Power: The Indispensible Chomskyby Noam Chomsky, John SchoeffelISBN 1565847032 (1-56584-703-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Understanding Power: The Indispensible Chomsky'Book summary:Understanding Power is a wide-ranging collection of transcribed and previously unpublished discussions and seminars (from 1989 to 1999) with sociopolitical analyst Noam Chomsky.
The chapters, each covering discrete sessions with Chomsky, arrive in a question-and-answer format that at times becomes delightfully contentious. Chomsky holds forth on such disparate topics as American third-party politics, the stifling of true dissent, the illusion of a muscular media, heavy-handed American imperialism (from Southeast Asia to Mexico), a dysfunctional and self-destructing United States political left, the gilding of the Kennedy and Carter administrations, and the impotent state of labor unions.
The relatively accessibility of Understanding Power is a welcome balance to Chomsky's often formidable scholarly writings. This is a book best taken in doses: a sort of bedside reader. --H. O'Billovitch [via]
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What Uncle Sam Really Wantsby Noam ChomskyISBN 1878825011 (1-878825-01-1)
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World Orders Old and Newby Noam ChomskyISBN 0231101570 (0-231-10157-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'World Orders Old and New'Book summary:In this study of global politics, the author challenges conventional definitions of the "New World Order", examining the acts of imperialism and economic manipulation which have produced the unbalanced world order of the 1990s. Based on three lectures given at the University of Cairo in 1993 - each considerably expanded and updated - the author begins with a reconsideration of the Cold War, revealing how it became a pretext for the USA to expand politically, economically and militarily under the guise of self-defence. The book also offers a new commentary on the Gulf War and the relationship between America and Britain and the "enemy" before, during and after hostilities. In a detailed analysis of the strategic manoeuvres between the West and the Third World, Chomsky concludes that George Bush's New World Order has become a domestic and international propaganda tool in the hands of the powerful. Containing a new epilogue for 1997, this work offers an assault on the legitimacy of the status quo, old and new. [via]
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Year 501by Noam ChomskyISBN 0896084442 (0-89608-444-2)
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11 De Septiembreby Noam ChompskyISBN 158322565X (1-58322-565-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: '11 De Septiembre'Book summary:It is always instructive to read American's premier dissident thinker if only simply to get an alternative take on what constitutes our present day "common sense"--an urgent project he undertakes in 9-11. Chomsky, whose recent hugely prolific political output has made him something of an icon of the American left, began his career as a ground-breaking theoretical linguist. And it is his attention to detail and language which continue to make him such a useful guide through the murky world of power politics and particularly to US Foreign Policy in the Middle East. In grappling with 9-11, a date which has become a noun whose very definition has been consciously moulded by the media and the American establishment, Chomsky is taking on one of the biggest challenges of our time. But this is a very slight book in which to do this. A collection of interviews conducted in the month following the attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center Chomsky is here keen to stress the urgency of a response to 9-11 that is not simply reactionary warfaring. It behoves us to discover why 9-11 really happened. In the words of the title of another very useful book: Why Do People Hate America?. In such a small, and sometimes rather repetitive, volume Chomsky can only really encourage us to ask better questions and to seek more carefully and widely for better answers. But if questions are beginning to form then readers could do worse than look to this useful and provocative book. --Mark Thwaite [via]
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Estados Canallas/ Rogue States: El Imperio De La Fuerza En Los Asuntos Mundiales / the Rule of Force in World Affairsby Noam ChomskyISBN 8449311527 (84-493-1152-7)
Softcover, Paidos Iberica Ediciones S A
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The Attack/Hintergrunde Und Folgenby Noam ChomskyISBN 3203760134 (3-203-76013-4)
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