Taming the Rascal Multitude, Noam Chomsky
Taming the Rascal Multitude, Noam Chomsky
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Taming the Rascal Multitude
Essays, Interviews, and Lectures 1997–2014

Author: Noam Chomsky

Narrator: Donald Corren

Unabridged: 19 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/17/2022


Synopsis

As Noam Chomsky writes about something—US foreign policy, corporate policies, an election, or a movement—he is not only quite specific in recounting the topic and its facts but also exercises blisteringly relentless logic to discern the interconnections between the evidence and broader themes involved.This may seem mundane, but virtually every time, even aside from the details of the case in question, the process, the steps, the ways of linking one thing to another illustrate what it means to be a thinking, critical subject of history and society, in any time and place.Taming the Rascal Multitude is a judicious selection of essays and interviews from Z Magazine from 1997 to 2014. In each, Chomsky takes up some question of the moment. As such, in sum, the essays provide a historical overview of the history that preceded Trump and the reaction to Trump. The essays situate what followed even without having known what would follow. They explicate what preceded the current era and provide a step-by-step revelation. or how-to, for successfully comprehending social events and relations. They are a pleasure to listen to, much like the pleasure of watching a great athlete or performer, but they also edify. They educate.

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.

About Michael Albert

Michael Albert is an organizer, publisher, teacher, and author of over twenty books and hundreds of articles. He cofounded South End Press, Z Magazine, the Z Media Institute, ZNet, and various other projects, and works full-time for Z Communications. He is the author of Practical Utopia: Strategies for a Desirable Society.

About Donald Corren

Michael Albert is an organizer, publisher, teacher, and author of over twenty books and hundreds of articles. He cofounded South End Press, Z Magazine, the Z Media Institute, ZNet, and various other projects, and works full time for Z Communications. He is the author of Practical Utopia: Strategies for a Desirable Society.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Randall on August 01, 2022

In Mein Kampf, Hitler sees how the US and England used propaganda so impressively to mobilize for WWI. The US Creel Commission used blatant propaganda during WWI to get non-interventionist US males to want to leave their homes and kill other humans through pressure and bold lies - Hitler saw that an......more

Goodreads review by Thomas Ray on July 12, 2023

Taming the Rascal Multitude: Essays, Interviews and Lectures 1997-2014, Noam Chomsky, 2022, 439 pages, ISBN 9781629638782 Lots here about where we're going and why we're in this handbasket. Chomsky is uniquely informed on what corporations, plutocrats, and their political servants are up to. He has n......more

Goodreads review by Derek on October 23, 2024

Chomsky is brilliant and his points are well argued, as always. There are essays here that touch on all the 20th century US presidents, Vietnam, East Timor, Cambodia, Laos, Cuba, Columbia, Haiti, Mexico, Britain, India, the Balkans, and the entire Middle East. Chomsky discusses surveillance, war, to......more

Goodreads review by David on May 21, 2023

An excellent collection of essays, still remarkably President despite being relatively dated, ranging from 1997 to 2014. There is a fair bit of repetition, as these are essays that deal with repeating themes and topics of this time period. Chomsky is exceptionally forceful in his persuasive style, y......more


Quotes

“Chomsky is a global phenomenon…He may be the most widely read American voice on foreign policy on the planet.” New York Times Book Review, praise for the author

“For anyone wanting to find out more about the world we live in…there is one simple answer: read Noam Chomsky.” New Statesman, praise for the author