Illegitimate Authority, Noam Chomsky
Illegitimate Authority, Noam Chomsky
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Illegitimate Authority
Facing the Challenges of Our Time

Author: Noam Chomsky, C.J. Polychroniou

Narrator: Eric Jason Martin

Unabridged: 12 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/31/2023


Synopsis

A wide-ranging and incisive collection of interviews with Noam Chomsky, addressing the urgent questions of this tumultuous moment.

In these informative interviews, conducted for Truthout by C. J. Polychroniou, Noam Chomsky addresses the rapid deterioration of democracy in the United States and rising tensions globally. He examines the crumbling social fabric and fractures of the Biden era, including the halting steps toward a Green New Deal; the illegitimate authority of the Supreme Court, in particular its decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade; and the ongoing fallout from COVID-19. Chomsky also untangles the roots of the War in Ukraine, the diplomatic tensions among the United States, China, and Russia, and considers the need for climate action on an international scale.

Throughout, Chomsky "remains . . . a beacon of hope in the darkest of times" (Sarah Jaffe).

About Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky is a laureate professor at the University of Arizona and professor emeritus in the MIT Department of Linguistics and Philosophy. His work is widely credited with having revolutionized the field of modern linguistics, and Chomsky is one of the foremost critics of US foreign policy. He has published numerous groundbreaking books, articles, and essays on global politics, history, and linguistics.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Randall

Noam says the US has “been almost continuously at war – almost always aggressive war – since its founding.” Noam believes the US forever wars began back in 1783 when, finally freed from Britain, the settlers were now free to invade Indian Country. The first US Secretary of War General Henry Knox sai......more

Goodreads review by Sydney

In case you were wondering about Chomsky’s thoughts about Biden’s presidency, here it is. Basically a series of interviews until the beginning of the crisis in Gaza, Chomsky begins with a somewhat optimistic stance toward Biden and through a series of interviews on climate, the Russian-Ukraine war,......more

He does it again. Classic Chomsky updated for 2020-2022. However I do disagree with the benevolence of China in the global south and lack of suspicions towards their actions......more

Goodreads review by Milo

3.5 stars......more