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Título: UNDERSTANDING POWER. THE INDISPENSABLE CHOMSKY
Autor: CHOMSKY, NOAM
Año: 2002
Género: POLÍTICA MUNDIAL
Formato: EPUB

Offering an overview of Chomskys political thought, this compilation features transcripts derived from discussions at seminars and public talks held across a period of 11 years following the dawn of the post-Cold War era in 1989. They illustrate his revolutionary perspective on the politics of power and the workings of institutions, with topics including globalization, the military-industrial complex, U.S. foreign and domestic policy, the strategies of activists and the medias role in popular struggle.

This book brings together the work of one of the most remarkable political activists and thinkers of our time. The discussions span a wide array of topics –from the workings of the modern media, to globalization, the education system, environmental crises, the military-industrial complex, activist strategies, and beyond– and present a revolutionary perspective for evaluating the world, and for understanding power.

What distinguishes Noam Chomsky's political thinking is not any one novel insight or single overarching idea. In fact, Chomsky's political stance is rooted in concepts that have been understood for centuries. Rather, Chomsky's great contribution is his mastery of a huge wealth of factual information, and his uncanny skill at unmasking, in case after case, the workings and deceptions of powerful institutions in today's world. His method involves teaching through examples –not in the abstract– as a means of helping people to learn how to think critically for themselves.

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