Global Discontents

Resumen del libro

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 interviews with David Barsamian, his longtime interlocutor, Noam Chomsky asks us to consider the world we are leaving to our grandchildren : one imperiled by the escalation of 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.

These ten 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 and the development of his uncompromising stance as America's premier dissident intellectual.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Noam Chomskyx{0026}lt;/B es profesor emérito del Departamento de Lingüística y Filosofía del MIT, activista político y uno de los más influyentes críticos de la política exterior americana. Sus opiniones sobre el tema y su lúcida visión de los acontecimientos mundiales son discutidas ampliamente por la comunidad internacional. Es autor de numerosas obras políticas, entre ellas los best sellers x{0026}lt;I Hegemonía o supervivencia x{0026}lt;/I (2004), x{0026}lt;I Estados fallidosx{0026}lt;/I (2007) y x{0026}lt;I ¿Quién domina el mundo?x{0026}lt;/I (2016).x{0026}lt;/P