Noam Chomsky

Because We Say So (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Because We Say So is Noam Chomsky's essential counter punch to American hegemony.

In 1962, the eminent statesman Dean Acheson enunciated a principle that has dominated global politics ever since: that no legal issue arises when the United States responds to a challenge to its 'power, position, and prestige'. In short, whatever the world may think, U.S. actions are legitimate because they say so.

Spanning the impact of Edward Snowden's whistleblowing and Palestinian-Israeli relations to deeper reflections on political philosophy and the importance of a commons to democracy, Because We Say So takes American imperialism head on.

'Noam Chomsky is one of a small band of individuals fighting a whole industry. And that makes him not only brilliant, but heroic' Arundhati Roy

'The world's greatest public intellectual' Observer

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780241972472
• Artikelnr.: 43504806

Autorenporträt

Noam Chomsky is institute professor emeritus in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and laureate professor in the Agnes Nelms Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice at the University of Arizona. His work is widely credited with having revolutionized the field of modern linguistics, and he is equally renowned for his incisive writings on global affairs and U.S. foreign policy. The single most cited and published living author, winner of numerous international awards, Chomsky has written over one hundred books, including the bestselling political works Hegemony or Survival, Failed States, and Who Rules the World?.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Introduction (TK)
1. Marching off the Cliff
December 5, 2011
2. Recognizing the "Unpeople"
January 5, 2012
3. Anniversaries from "Unhistory"
February 4, 2012
4. What Are Iran's Intentions?
March 3, 2012
5. The Assault on Public Education
April 3, 2012
6. Cartegena: Beyond the Secret Service Scandal
May 1, 2012
7. Somebody Else's Atrocities
June 1, 2012
8. The Great Charter: Its Fate, Our Fate
July 3, 2012
9. In Hiroshima's Shadow
August 1, 2012
10. When Travesty Borders on Tragedy
August 30, 2012
11. Issues that Obama and Romney Avoid
October 4, 2012
12. Gaza, the World's Largest Open-Air Prison
November 7, 2012
13. Gaza Under Assault
December 1, 2012
14. The Gravest Threat to World Peace
January 3, 2013
15. Who Owns the World?
February 5, 2013
16. Can Civilization Survive Capitalism?
March 4, 2013
17. In Palestine, Dignity and Violence
April 1, 2013
18. Boston and Beyond
May 1, 2013
19. Guilty in Guatamala
June 3, 2013
20. Who Owns the Earth?
July 4, 2013
21. Is Edward J. Snowden Aboard this Plane?
July 31, 2013
22. The "Honest Broker" Is Crooked
August 30, 2013
23. The Obama Doctrine
October 4, 2013
24. De-Americanizing the World
November 4, 2013
25. The "Axis of Evil" Revisited
December 3, 2013
26. What Is the Common Good?
January 1, 2014
27. Prerogatives of Power
February 4, 2014
28. Security and State Policy
March 3, 2014
29. The Prospects for Survival
March 31, 2014
Notes
Index
About Noam Chomsky