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Seminal insights from a leading intellectual dissident.
If you're someone who appreciates deep dives into socio-political criticism and language, "The Essential Chomsky" is your literary compass. This collection is dense with Chomsky's thought-provoking writings, ideal for readers who enjoy challenging their perspectives and understanding the mechanisms behind politics and power. It's a hefty read but fulfilling for the intellectually curious.
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ISBN: 9781847920645
Publisher: Bodley Head
Date of Publication: 2008-11-27
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 4.09
(rated by 1583 readers)
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It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and to expose lies. This powerful collection of Chomsky's writing, arranged chronologically from 1959 to 2006, brings together essays, lectures and whole-chapter extracts demonstrating the core themes of his critical and academic work, including US foreign policy and interventionism, propaganda and the media, and the theory of language. Shorter works on Watergate, Israel and 9/11 particularly resonate with our times.
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Seminal insights from a leading intellectual dissident.
If you're someone who appreciates deep dives into socio-political criticism and language, "The Essential Chomsky" is your literary compass. This collection is dense with Chomsky's thought-provoking writings, ideal for readers who enjoy challenging their perspectives and understanding the mechanisms behind politics and power. It's a hefty read but fulfilling for the intellectually curious.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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