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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459885403321

Autore

Chomsky Noam

Titolo

Masters of mankind : essays and lectures, 1969-2013 / / Noam Chomsky ; cover design by Eric Ruder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, Illinois : , : Haymarket Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-60846-425-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Disciplina

320.1

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"There is no living political writer who has more radically changed how more people think in more parts of the world about political issues." -Glenn Greenwald--Cover.

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword BY MARCUS RASKIN; CHAPTER ONE: Knowledge and Power: Intellectuals and the Welfare-Warfare State; CHAPTER TWO: An Exception to the Rules; CHAPTER THREE: The Divine License to Kill; CHAPTER FOUR: "Consent Without Consent": Reflections on the Theory and Practice of Democracy; CHAPTER FIVE: Simple Truths, Hard Problems: Some Thoughts on Terror, Justice, and Self-Defense; CHAPTER SIX: Human Intelligence and the Environment; CHAPTER SEVEN: Can Civilization Survive Really Existing Capitalism?; Notes; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

<div>A brilliant indictment of US imperial power.</div>