
Because We Say So
$24.58
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
19 September 2016
Summary
Essays on American hegemony from the West’s most prominent critic of US imperialism.
For over fifty years, one fact has dominated global politics- the United States can respond to any challenge to its power however it sees fit. Whatever the world may think, US actions are legitimate simply because they say so.
With characteristic clarity and authority, Chomsky takes American imperialism head-on. From Edward Snowden and Palestinian-Israeli relations to political philosophy and …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241972489 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241972485 |
| Author: | Noam Chomsky |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 19 September 2016 |
| Weight: | 138g |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 129mm x 12mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
Chomsky is one of a small band of individuals fighting a whole industry. And that makes him not only brilliant, but heroic
Publisher’s description. From Edward Snowden and Palestinian-Israeli relations to political philosophy and the nature of democracy, Because We Say So offers a cross-section of perspectives on the question of America’s ongoing hegemony. * Penguin *
Chomsky is one of a small band of individuals fighting a whole industry. And that makes him not only brilliant, but heroic – Arundhati Roy
Chomsky’s work is neither theoretical, nor ideological: it is passionate and righteous * Times Literary Supplement *
The world’s greatest public intellectual * Observer *
About The Author
Noam Chomsky
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?.
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