Powers and Prospects: Reflections on human nature and the social order - Softcover

Chomsky, Noam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 089608535X ISBN 13: 9780896085350

Publisher: South End Press, 1999

Synopsis

Chomsky brings together his thoughts on topics ranging from language and human nature to the Middle East settlement and the place of East Timor in the New World Order. A must read for anyone interested in Chomsky.

About this title

About the Author:

Noam Chomsky is Professor of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, USA and is an internationally acclaimed philosopher, scholar and political activist.

From Publishers Weekly:

The prolific linguist and political pundit has two new books out this season. In May, Common Courage will bring out Class Warfare, the third in a series of interviews between Chomsky and David Barsamian, director of Alternative Radio. At a time when downsizing, the demise of unions and other factors are leading to an increased income gap between rich and poor, Chomsky analyzes some of the reasons and offers solutions. ($15 ISBN 1-56751-092-2; cloth $29.95 -093-0). Then in June, South End will release a more wide-ranging collection of essays on language, human nature and foreign policy with Power and Prospects: Reflections on Human Nature and the Social Order ($16 ISBN 0-89608-535-X; cloth
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: South End Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 089608535X
• ISBN 13: 9780896085350
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 244