Author:Noam Chomsky
'Arguably the most important intellectual alive' New York Times
An indispensable collection of Noam Chomsky’s talks on the past, present and future of the politics of power
Noam Chomsky is universally accepted as one of the world’s leading intellectuals of the modern era. Now, for the first time, Peter R. Mitchell and John Schoeffel have assembled the best of Chomsky's talks on the politics of power. With an eye to political activism and the media’s role in popular struggle, as well as US foreign and domestic policy, Chomsky reinterprets the events of the past three decades, from foreign policy during the Vietnam War to the decline of welfare under the Clinton administration. Highlighting America’s myriad of social inequalities and political issues while offering timely advice for much needed change, Understanding Power is definitive Chomsky.
‘Chomsky ranks with Marx, Shakespeare and the Bible as one of the ten most quoted sources in the humanities’ Guardian
‘Powerful and timely...his analysis is fair, meticulously researched and fascinating’ Observer
Arguably the most important intellectual alive
—— New York TimesChomsky ranks with Marx, Shakespeare and the Bible as one of the ten most quoted sources in the humanities
—— GuardianNoam Chomsky is a major scholarly resource. Not to have read him is to court genuine ignorance
—— The NationI could not recommend this more. If you're looking for a sense of optimism, a sense of political possibility, this book is very important
—— Owen JonesFrom @yanisvaroufakis' sf novel ANOTHER NOW, the absolute best description of the scam of #InvestmentBanking I've ever read
—— Cory Doctorow on TwitterThere is something exciting, even invigorating, about envisioning this world alongside Varoufakis ... one finishes Another Now buzzing with a sense of possibility
—— The MonthlyAnother Now is structurally, ideologically and linguistically an extraordinary work
—— Zoe WilliamsI've absolutely loved reading [Another Now] ... the second I started reading it, it surprised and intrigued me
—— Matthew Taylor, RSAAnother Now is not only a marvellously good read - it is a notable addition to the literature of social change
—— The WireThe reason Varoufakis seems to have captured the imaginations of so many is that his words about the European crisis speak universal truths about democracy, capitalism and social policy
—— GuardianOne of my few heroes
—— Slavoj ZizekThe most interesting man in the world
—— Business InsiderWith its mixture of exaggerated misanthropy and eloquent surrealism, Once Upon a Tome calls to mind the cult television sitcom Black Books, albeit with more emphasis on matters of genuine interest to bibliophiles.
—— Times Literary SupplementMr. Darkshire is a witty observer .... All of this-the craft and customs of an esoteric enterprise; the delights and irritations of buying and selling-is conveyed in charming short chapters with titles like "Kerfuffles," and in a prim tone perfectly suited to Mr. Darkshire's subject.
—— Wall Street JournalSen's gentle memoir shed[s] light on the distant nooks of a long life of distinction. ... There is something of Tagore in the judicious Mr. Sen. He is an un?inching man of science but also insistently humane.
—— Tunku Varadarajan , Wall Street Journalwarmhearted, clear-eyed account of the formative years of his life, a book that reaches from Myanmar to Berkeley ... a testament to just how far, in one life, one man might go into that vast world ... Sen's writing style is even-keeled and gently humorous.
—— Mythili G. Rao , Washington PostPRAISE FOR AMARTYA SEN
With his masterly prose, ease of erudition and ironic humour, Sen is one of the few great world intellectuals on whom we may rely to make sense out of our existential confusion
—— Nadine GordimerAmartya Sen is one of the most distinguished minds of our time [who] enjoyably mixes moments of profundity with flashes of mischievous provocation
—— William Dalrymple , New York Review of BooksThe world's poor and dispossessed could have no more articulate or insightful a champion
—— Kofi AnnanAn accessible and exceptional humanitarian
—— Jon Snow , New StatesmanSen is one of the great minds of both the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. We owe him a huge debt
—— Nicholas SternA distinguished inheritor of the tradition of public philosophy and reasoning - Roy, Tagore, Gandhi, Nehru ... if ever there was a global intellectual, it is Sen
—— Sunil Khilnani , Financial Times