Understanding Power

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Penguin Books India, 2003 - 432 pages
Noam Chomsky Is Universally Accepted As One Of The Preeminent Public Intellectuals Of The Modern Era. Over The Past Thirty Years, Broadly Diverse Audiences Have Gathered To Attend His Sold-Out Lectures. Now, In Understanding Power, Peter R. Mitchell And John Schoeffel Have Assembled The Best Of Chomsky S Talks On The Past, Present And Future Of The Politics Of Power.

In A Series Of Enlightening And Wide-Ranging Discussions Published Here For The First Time Chomsky Radically Reinterprets The Events Of The Past Three Decades, Covering Topics From Foreign Policy During The Vietnam War To The Decline Of Welfare Under The Clinton Administration. And As He Elucidates The Connection Between America S Imperialistic Foreign Policy And Social Inequalities At Home, Chomsky Also Discerns The Necessary Steps To Take Towards Social Change. With An Eye To Political Activism And The Media S Role In Popular Struggle, As Well As Us Foreign And Domestic Policy, Understanding Power Is Definitive Chomsky.

Characterized By Chomsky S Accessible And Informative Style, This Is The Ideal Book For Those New To His Work As Well As For Those Who Have Been Listening For Years.
 

Contents

Opening Session
1
Over Coffee
37
Evening
70
Chapter Four Colloquy
106
Chapter Five Ruling the World
140
Texaco and the Spanish Revolution
159
The Oslo Agreement and Imperialist Revival
174
Teaching About Resistance
211
Chapter Seven Intellectuals and Social Change
224
Chapter Eight Popular Struggle
267
Chapter Nine Movement Organizing
318
Chapter Ten Turning Point
363
Index
403
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