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Global discontents : conversations on the rising threats to democracy / Noam Chomsky ; interviews with David Barsamian.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: American empire projectPublisher: New York : Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: First editionDescription: 227 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781250146182
  • 1250146186
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
State spying and democracy -- A tour of the Middle East -- Power systems do not give gifts -- ISIS, the Kurds, and Turkey -- Living memory -- Fearmongering -- Alliances and control -- The roots of conflicts -- Toward a better society -- Elections and voting -- Crises and organizing -- The Trump presidency.
Summary: In wide-ranging interviews with David Barsamian, his longtime interlocutor, Noam Chomsky asks us to consider a world imperiled by climate change and the growing potential for nuclear war. These twelve interviews, conducted from 2013 to 2016, examine the latest developments around the globe: the devastation of Syria, the reach of state surveillance, growing anger over economic inequality, the place of religion in American political culture, and the bitterly contested 2016 U.S. presidential election. In accompanying personal reflections on his Philadelphia childhood and his eighty-seventh birthday, Chomsky also describes his own intellectual journey.
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Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 320.973 C548 Available 33111008538650
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In a compelling new set of interviews, Noam Chomsky identifies the "dry kindling" of discontent around the world that could soon catch fire.

In wide-ranging discussions with David Barsamian, his longtime interlocutor, Noam Chomsky asks us to consider "the world we are leaving to our grandchildren": one imperiled by climate change and the growing potential for nuclear war. If the current system is incapable of dealing with these threats, he argues, it's up to us to radically change it.

The twelve interviews in Global Discontents examine the latest developments around the globe: the rise of ISIS, the reach of state surveillance, growing anger over economic inequality, conflicts in the Middle East, and the presidency of Donald Trump. In personal reflections on his Philadelphia childhood, Chomsky also describes his own intellectual journey and the development of his uncompromising stance as America's premier dissident intellectual.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-214) and index.

In wide-ranging interviews with David Barsamian, his longtime interlocutor, Noam Chomsky asks us to consider a world imperiled by climate change and the growing potential for nuclear war. These twelve interviews, conducted from 2013 to 2016, examine the latest developments around the globe: the devastation of Syria, the reach of state surveillance, growing anger over economic inequality, the place of religion in American political culture, and the bitterly contested 2016 U.S. presidential election. In accompanying personal reflections on his Philadelphia childhood and his eighty-seventh birthday, Chomsky also describes his own intellectual journey.

State spying and democracy -- A tour of the Middle East -- Power systems do not give gifts -- ISIS, the Kurds, and Turkey -- Living memory -- Fearmongering -- Alliances and control -- The roots of conflicts -- Toward a better society -- Elections and voting -- Crises and organizing -- The Trump presidency.

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