Powers and Prospects: Reflections on Human Nature and the Social OrderIn this wide-ranging intellectual tour de force, Chomsky brings together his thoughts on topics ranging from language and human nature to the Middle East settlement and the role of East Timor in the New World Order. This is the first collection of his essays in recent years to bring together questions of philosophy, ethics and foreign policy. |
Contents
Some Reflections on Venerable Themes | 1 |
Language and Nature | 31 |
Writers and Intellectual Responsibility | 55 |
Goals and Visions | 70 |
Democracy and Markets in the New World Order | 94 |
Its Sources and Contours | 132 |
the Case of East Timor | 169 |
East Timor and World Order | 204 |
Endnotes | 222 |
Other editions - View all
Powers and Prospects: Reflections on Human Nature and the Social Order Noam Chomsky Limited preview - 1996 |
Powers and Prospects: Reflections on Human Nature and the Social Order Noam Chomsky No preview available - 1996 |
Common terms and phrases
American Arab aspects atrocities Australia B'Tselem called Cartesian cent century Chomsky cognitive revolution Cold War Communist computational concern crimes crucial defence democracy democratic Deterring Democracy Dili massacre diplomatic doctrine East Timor economic Evans expressions fact forces foreign Gaza Ha'aretz human rights Indonesia Indonesian invasion industrial inquiry intellectual interest international law Iraqi Israel Israel Shahak Israeli issue labour language faculty leading major matter meaning mechanical philosophy ment Middle East military mind nature Noam Chomsky observed organisation Palestinians perhaps physical political population principles problem programs properties question reason recognised region relations reported rich role Security self-determination semantics sense society South Soviet Suharto Sukarno territories terror theory threat Timor Gap Timor Gap Treaty Timorese tion topic treaty truth understand unification United Vietnam Wall Street Journal Washington West Bank Western World Orders York