Letters from Lexington: Reflections on Propaganda (Critical Narrative) - Softcover

Chomsky, Noam; Herman, Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1594510296 ISBN 13: 9781594510298

Publisher: Routledge, 2004

Synopsis

The original edition of Letters from Lexington solidified Noam Chomsky's position as American's most distinguished critic of the media. In this new, updated edition, a new chapter, 'What Makes the Mainstream Media Mainstream', offers Chomsky's latest thinking on the role of the media in a rapidly changing world-especially in justifying U.S. government and corporate actions. Throughout the book, Chomsky's analyses of the politics of the Reagan and earlier Bush administrations offer a striking and surprisingly prescient perspective on the events, key players, and policies that shape America's national agenda under the current presidency of George W. Bush and the 'War on Terrorism'. Letters from Lexington has been called 'an indispensable antidote to TV 'news' and the verities found in major daily newspapers such as The New York Times.'

About this title

About the Author:

Noam Chomsky, Professor of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is the author recently of Hopes and Prospects (2010) and Power and Terror (Paradigm 2011). His articles and books revolutionized the contemporary study of linguistics and his political writings are widely read and translated throughout the world. In 2003 a profile of Chomsky in the New Yorker described his influence as one of the most cited scholars in history.

Review:

"Reading these letters... one is struck by their high relevance to events today, with a great deal of attention to Iraq, the United Nations and its role, Arafat/Sharon and the "peace process," "defensive aggression," the U.S. "yearning for democracy," its "burden of responsibility," "anti-Americanism," and the problem of non-issues and non-voting in U.S. elections, among other matters.... [A] reader would have a difficult time locating case studies of the media's day-by-day product that would provide as much insight as can be found in this short volume."

Edward Herman, from the Foreward

"Letters from Lexington is not only timely but it is also more relevant today given the dangerous path being followed by the Bush administration with its unilateralist, unapologetic, and cowboyish "bring them on" foreign policy."

Donaldo Macedo, from the Introduction

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1594510296
• ISBN 13: 9781594510298
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200