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How The World Works (2011)

by Noam Chomsky(Favorite Author)

4.24 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1593764278 (ISBN13: 9781593764272)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Soft Skull Press

review 1: Consisting of 3 separate books slapped together, it tries to cover Chomsky's views on power, corporatism, media, and US external policy among other topics. Although many details and cases are different from those in "Understanding power" it follows the same structure - excerpts from interviews, discussions and lectures grouped by theme and makes the same main points - some more clearly and with more additional literature, others with less. Unfortunately the first half of the book excludes the questions to which he answers. In any case it's a solid read, but it holds little new content compared to "Understanding power"
review 2: It's worth noting that as a coherent book this isn't great, being a collection of pamphlets reprinted together. It's also irritating th... moreat notes from the originals were omitted based on an editorial view that they were out of date. Despite those shortcomings, and in part owing to my naivete in the subject matter, I found the material sufficiently explosive and the arguments so intelligently constructed that I'd rate this one of the most important books I've read. Chomsky is set apart by his historian's rigour and ability to present current events within their historical context while at the same time sounding a clarion call that the same patterns cannot be allowed to continue. less

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