This guy is really deep. it takes me so long to read a page of his work because it is loaded with really heavy content. I picked up "necessary illusions' at a book store the other day. the guy is brilliant, but i think it's going to take me about a year to finish it. Anyone else here into chomsky? Know any other good books he has published?
im a big fan of chomksy too but i havent read much of his stuff lately, he tends to ramble too much for me now he's probably one of the only actually intellectuals we have left in this country though. id go pick up some of his newer ones like what we say goes,interventions and failed states these are all of his political books * (1967). The Responsibility of Intellectuals * (1969). American Power and the New Mandarins * (1970). "Notes on Anarchism", New York Review of Books * (1970). At war with Asia * (1970). Two Essays on Cambodia * (1971). Chomsky: selected readings * (1971). Problems of Knowledge and Freedom * (1973). For Reasons of State * (1973). Counter-Revolutionary Violence - Bloodbaths in Fact & Propaganda (with Edward S. Herman) * (1974). Peace in the Middle East? Reflections on Justice and Nationhood * (1976). Intellectuals and the State * (1978). Human Rights and American Foreign Policy * (1979). Language and Responsibility * (1979). The Political Economy of Human Rights, Volume I: The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism (with Edward Herman) * (1979). The Political Economy of Human Rights, Volume II: After the Cataclysm: Postwar Indochina and the Reconstruction of Imperial Ideology (with Edward Herman) * (1981). Radical Priorities * (1982). Superpowers in collision: the cold war now * (1982). Towards a New Cold War: Essays on the Current Crisis and How We Got There * (1983). The Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel, and the Palestinians * (1985). Turning the Tide : U.S. intervention in Central America and the Struggle for Peace * (1986). Pirates and Emperors: International Terrorism in the Real World * (1986). The Race to Destruction: Its Rational Basis * (1987). The Chomsky Reader * (1987). On Power and Ideology * (1987). Turning the Tide: the U.S. and Latin America * (1988). The Culture of Terrorism * (1988). Language and Politics * (1988). Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media (with Edward Herman) * (1989). Necessary Illusions * (1991). Terrorizing the Neighborhood * (1992). What Uncle Sam Really Wants * (1992). Chronicles of Dissent * (1992). Deterring Democracy * (1993). Letters from Lexington: Reflections on Propaganda * (1993). The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many * (1993). Rethinking Camelot: JFK, the Vietnam War, and U.S. Political Culture * (1993). World Order and Its Rules: Variations on Some Themes * (1993). Year 501: The Conquest Continues * (1994). Keeping the rabble in Line * (1994). Secrets, Lies, and Democracy * (1994). World Orders, Old and New * (1996). Powers and Prospects: Reflections on Human Nature and the Social Order * (1996). Class Warfare * (1997). One Chapter, The Cold War and the University * (1997). Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda * (1998). The Common Good * (1999). The Umbrella of US Power * (1999). Latin America: From Colonization to Globalization * (1999). Acts of Aggression: Policing "Rogue" States (with Edward W. Said) * (1999). The New Military Humanism: Lessons from Kosovo * (1999). Profit over People: Neoliberalism and Global Order * (1999). The Fateful Triangle (updated edition) * (2000). Chomsky on Mis-Education (edited by Donaldo Macedo) * (2000). A New Generation Draws the Line: Kosovo, East Timor and the Standards of the West * (2000). Rogue States: The Rule of Force in World Affairs * (2001). Propaganda and the Public Mind * (2001). 9-11 * (2002). Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky * (2002). Chomsky on Democracy and Education (edited by C.P. Otero) * (2002). Media Control (Second Edition) * (2002). Pirates and Emperors, Old and New: International Terrorism in the Real World * (2003). Power and Terror: Post-9/11 Talks and Interviews * (2003). Middle East Illusions: Including Peace in the Middle East? Reflections on Justice and Nationhood * (2003). Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance * (2003). Znet article, Deep Concerns http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?ItemID=3293 * (2004). Getting Haiti Right This Time: The U.S. and the Coup (with Paul Farmer and Amy Goodman) * (2005). Chomsky on Anarchism (edited by Barry Pateman) * (2005) Government in the future. Seven Stories Press. ISBN 1583226850. Text of the lecture given at the Poetry Center, New York, February 16, 1970. * (2005). Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World * (2005). The Impetious Imperialist * (2006). Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy * (2006). Perilous Power. The Middle East and U.S. Foreign Policy. Dialogues on Terror, Democracy, War, and Justice (with Gilbert Achcar) * (2007). Interventions * (2007). What We Say Goes: Conversations on U.S. Power in a Changing World
I love how he talks on and on about how terrible our government was. Then, he talks about how it's not as bad as it used to be, because people just won't put up with that kinda stuff anymore. Then, he talks about how the government is still trying to do some evil stuff. Then, he talks about how activism is changing attitudes in the majority of the population, and how government is having to respond to that change. The over all effect is to encourage people to pursue change by peaceful, democratic means by carefully investigating and keeping track of events, making their information and opinions known, and voting their conscience. If it weren't for Chomsky, the violent revolution might already have taken place (for good or ill). He's brought a whole new meaning to the word pacifism.
I just bought my first Chomsky book: Objectivity and Liberal Scholarship. Looking forward to what will hopefully be a good read.
chomsky can be a little verbose. his writngs are however structured. chomsky informs the reader on the whys and hows rather than concentrating on the whats.
Christopher Hitchens on Noam Chomsky. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V39MsyVFHHI"]YouTube- Christopher Hitchens on Noam Chomsky
I have not read any of his books, but I have heard him interviewed on www.kpfa.org. He is a great man.
I got 'The Essential Chomsky' recently - a good starting point for anyone interested in this great writer. Also bought 'Hopes and Prospects' and 'Gaza in Crisis'.
I own "Rules and Regulations" but haven't finished it. I just started "Language and Politics" today. C.P. Otero's introduction taught me more about cognitive science and political philosophy than my entire high-school and college education.
No I have never read Chomsky. I have been hearing more about this writer lately. I must read something and understand more. Thanks for the suggestion, and welcome to the HipForums Seebass96!
