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Book cover image of Language and Politics by Noam Chomsky

Authors: Noam Chomsky, Carlos Otero
ISBN-13: 9781902593821, ISBN-10: 1902593820
Format: Paperback
Publisher: AK Press
Date Published: March 2004
Edition: Expanded

Author Biography: Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky is one of the world's leading intellectuals, father of modern linguistics, outspoken media and foreign policy critic and tireless activist.

Book Synopsis

An indispensable guide through the work of the world's most influential living intellectual.

Library Journal

This updated and annotated edition adds more interviews to Chomsky's 1988 original. The volume now includes his thoughts on topics from Vietnam to 9/11. Along with the politics, he analyzes linguistics. This edition also sports a bibliography and index plus notes on each interview. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

	Introduction : the third emancipatory phase of history	9
1	The intellectual as prophet (11 April 1968)	59
2	A Cartesian view of language structure (May 1968)	75
3	The creative experience (winter 1969)	89
4	Linguistics and politics (spring 1969)	103
5	The major problem of the limits to growth (fall 1972)	119
6	Language structure and behaviorist psychology (November 1972)	127
7	The universities and the corporations (May 1973)	135
8	Class consciousness and the ideology of power (January 1974)	143
9	Materialism in linguistics and the morality criterion (28 March 1977)	171
10	Oil imperialism and the U.S.-Israel relationship (March 1977)	185
11	Language theory and the theory of justice (13 October 1977)	203
12	Language and the human mind (29 September 1978)	221
13	Ideological reconstruction after Vietnam (7 June 1979)	243
14	On human rights and ideology (October 1979)	253
15	An American view of the ideological confrontation of our time (3 February 1980)	259
16	U.S. defense responsibility? (8 April 1981)	273
17	Human rights and American foreign policy (21 September 1981)	277
18	The treachery of the intelligentsia : a French travesty (16 October 1981)	287
19	The intelligence identities protection act (January 1982)	299
20	The barbarism of non-communist monsters (spring 1982)	307
21	The lessons of the Vietnam War (October 1982)	313
22	The disarmament debate : new directions (15 December 1982)	321
23	America in the world (1 February 1983)	329
24	Priorities for the peace movement (4 June 1983)	335
25	Politics and science (16 June 1983)	341
26	The manufacture of consent (Summer 1983)	359
27	Language as a key to human nature and society (24 September 1983)	367
28	Things no amount of learning can teach (November 1983)	375
29	What's new in Reagan's program? (13 November 1983)	389
30	American Middle East policy (18 October 1984)	407
31	The media as a mirror of society - but not quite in the usual sense (21 October 1984)	423
32	Knowledge of language, human nature, and the role of intellectuals (2 November 1984)	429
33	Tactics and strategies for the peace movement (November 1984)	447
34	Aspects of a theory of mind (December 1984)	453
35	Politics and language (1 December 1984)	471
36	Israel : the strategic asset (23 March 1985)	487
37	Alternatives to the Cold War (5 October 1985)	503
38	The question for Canadians - and not only Canadians (November 1985)	509
39	The first prime-time bombing in history (late April 1986)	519
40	The right turn in U.S. policy (22 October 1986)	527
41	Political discourse and the propaganda system (24 October 1986)	541
42	A really new way of looking at language (November 1987)	575
43	Techniques of marginalization (24 January 1988)	583
44	The cognitive revolution, I (26 January 1988)	607
45	The cognitive revolution, II (28 January 1988)	629
46	Helping people persuade themselves (15 February 1988)	645
47	A historic shift in American politics (16 March 1988)	661
48	The only state officially committed to terrorism (30 March 1988)	669
49	A candid view of Israel and the occupied territories (May 1988)	673
50	No stone left unturned (23 March 1988)	693
51	The plague of the modern age (25 May 1988)	701
52	Building up for military attack (29 October 1990)	713
53	After the fall (22 November 1991)	721
54	From "communism" to "terrorism" and the "drug war" (21 February 2002)	737
55	The fateful triangle : a fearful asymmetry (2 April 2002)	743
56	The enormous impact of state-directed international terrorism (3 July 2002)	749
57	The Iraq operation, before and after (29 August 2002, 12 April 2003)	755
58	Marxism, anarchism, and alternative futures (May 1995)	775