{"product_id":"understanding-power-the-indispensible-chomsky-by-noam-chomsky","title":"Understanding Power: The Indispensible Chomsky \/ by Noam Chomsky","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe New Press, 2002. Trade pb. VG. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNoam Chomsky remains one of our preeminent public intellectuals, a thinker whose works on international politics and the media are read worldwide. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eUnderstanding Power\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Peter Mitchell and John Schoeffel have assembled the best of Chomsky’s talks on the politics of power.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a series of enlightening and wide-ranging discussions, all published here for the first time, Chomsky radically interprets the events of the late twentieth century, covering topics from foreign policy during Vietnam to the attacks on welfare under the Clinton administration. And as he elucidates the connection between America’s imperialistic foreign policy and the decline of domestic standards of living, Chomsky also establishes a theory of social change. Featuring his classic criticisms of media in capitalist society, as well as U.S. foreign and domestic policy, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eUnderstanding Power\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers a sweeping critique of the world around us and is the definitive Chomsky.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCharacterized 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 reading for years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Desierto Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46730306519206,"sku":null,"price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/3465\/5654\/files\/understandingpower.jpg?v=1759898809","url":"https:\/\/249f2c-1b.myshopify.com\/products\/understanding-power-the-indispensible-chomsky-by-noam-chomsky","provider":"DESIERTO BOOKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}