Noam Chomsky
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Seven Stories Press
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English
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
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. What are the ten principles of concentration of wealth and power at work in America today? They're simple enough: reduce democracy, shape ideology, redesign the economy, shift the burden onto the poor and middle classes,...
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. What are the ten principles of concentration of wealth and power at work in America today? They're simple enough: reduce democracy, shape ideology, redesign the economy, shift the burden onto the poor and middle classes,...
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Lux ÉDiteur
Pub. Date
2023
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Français
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«Pour ceux qui recherchent obstinément la liberté, il ne peut y avoir de tâche plus urgente que d'arriver à comprendre les mécanismes et les méthodes de l'endoctrinement. Ce sont des choses faciles à saisir dans les sociétés totalitaires, mais elles le sont beaucoup moins dans le système de "lavage de cerveau sous régime de liberté" auquel nous sommes soumis et que nous servons trop souvent en tant qu'instruments consentants ou inconscients.»
Le...
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Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"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...
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Editorial Crítica
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Español
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Nuestras sociedades están hoy más divididas que nunca: la distancia que separa a los ricos de los pobres aumenta cada día, mientras la propaganda neoliberal, convertida en un eficaz instrumento de desinformación, trata de convencernos de que vivimos en un mundo feliz, y una violencia represiva creciente completa sus efectos y asegura el control social. Noam Chomsky, una de las voces críticas más escuchadas de nuestro tiempo, analiza en Lucha...
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Publisher
Lux ÉDiteur
Pub. Date
2024
Language
Français
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Depuis le départ des dernières troupes américaines du Vietnam, et surtout depuis la débâcle en Afghanistan en 2021, jamais les États-Unis n'ont fait face à une telle incertitude dans leur politique étrangère. Que s'est-il passé ? Et que leur réserve l'avenir
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Lux ÉDiteur
Pub. Date
2022
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Français
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Les entretiens avec Noam Chomsky rassemblés dans ce recueil ont été menés par C.J. Polychroniou entre 2018 et avril 2022. Le grand intellectuel et militant y parle de la fin et des séquelles du trumpisme, du dangereux centrisme de Biden et de l'espoir que représentent Sanders et Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez aux États-Unis. Il commente aussi la gestion de la pandémie de coronavirus, la crise climatique et les risques toujours plus élevés d'un...
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Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"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. What are the ten principles of concentration of wealth and power at work in America today? They're simple enough: reduce democracy, shape ideology, redesign the economy, shift the burden onto the poor and middle classes, attack the solidarity of the people, let...
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Penguin Random House Audio
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Español
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Una obra imprescindible para tomar conciencia y pasar a la acción.
Cooperación o extinción es la última novedad del lingüista, filósofo, politólogo Noam Chomsky, también uno de los activistas más influyentes del mundo. En esta ocasión, se trata de una recopilación que nace de un llamado «Encuentro Chomsky» celebrado en Boston y dedicado a las amenazas a la supervivencia planetaria, cuyos tres temas fundamentales
...9) On Palestine
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English
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The sequel to the acclaimed Gaza in Crisis from world-famous political analyst Noam Chomsky and Middle East historian Ilan Pappé.
Operation Protective Edge, Israel's 2014 assault on Gaza, left thousands of Palestinians dead and cleared the way for another Israeli land grab. The need to stand in solidarity with Palestinians has never been greater. Ilan Pappé and Noam Chomsky, two leading voices in the struggle to liberate Palestine, discuss the...
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English
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According to the New York Times, Noam Chomsky is "arguably the most important intellectual alive." But he isn't easy to read . . . or at least he wasn't until these books came along. Made up of intensively edited speeches and interviews, they offer something not found anywhere else: pure Chomsky, with every dazzling idea and penetrating insight intact, delivered in clear, accessible, listener-friendly prose.
Published as four short books in the famous...
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English
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"With logic that is his trademark, Chomsky tracks the US government's aggressive pursuit of "full spectrum dominance" and vividly lays out how the most recent manifestations of the politics of global control - from unilateralism to the dismantling of international agreements to state terrorism - cohere in a drive for hegemony that ultimately threatens our existence. Lucidly written, thoroughly documented, and featuring a new afterword about the war...
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Metropolitan Books
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
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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...
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Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"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...
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Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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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.
15) Power systems: conversations on global democratic uprisings and the new challenges to U.S. empire
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Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
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"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
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Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
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English
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"Chomsky's backpocket classic on wartime propaganda and opinion control has been updated and expanded into a two-section book, and redesigned following the acclaimed format of his Open Media anti-war bestseller, 9-11. The new edition of Media Control also includes 'The Journalist from Mars, ' Chomsky's 2002 talk on the media coverage of America's 'new war on terrorism.' Chomsky begins by asserting two models of democracy -- one in which the public...
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English
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"The prospect of a Green New Deal-sustainable energy, and justice for all Americans-has instilled millions of people with a sense of hope. To make it happen, the plan will require a national mobilization on a scale not seen since World War II. But will it be enough to prevent disaster? Scientists now warn that we have little time to eliminate greenhouse emissions. To do what's required, Stan Cox urges readers to embrace the Green New Deal but go beyond...
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Publisher
Verso
Pub. Date
1991.
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English
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From World War II until the 1980s, the United States reigned supreme as both the economic and the military leader of the world. The major shifts in global politics that came about with the dismantling of the Eastern bloc have left the United States unchallenged as the preeminent military power, but American economic might has declined drastically in the face of competition, first from Germany and Japan ad more recently from newly prosperous countries...
19) Por qué Ucrania
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Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2024
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Español
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En este libro, Noam Chomsky expone las causas de la invasión de Ucrania iniciada por Rusia en febrero de 2022, partiendo de dos premisas fundamentales: por un lado, estamos ante «un grave crimen de guerra por el que hay que buscar explicaciones, pero que no tiene ni justificaciones ni atenuantes»; por el otro, estamos asistiendo a un movimiento expansivo de la OTAN hacia el este, que merece ser destacado y analizado.
A lo largo de ocho entrevistas...
Author
Publisher
New Press
Pub. Date
2008.
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English
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The seminal writings of America's leading philosopher, linguist, and political thinker… For the past fifty years Noam Chomsky's writings on politics and language have established him as a preeminent public intellectual as well as one of the most original political and social critics of our time. Among the seminal figures in linguistic theory over the past century, Chomsky has also secured a place among the most influential dissident voice in the...