The Precipice, Noam Chomsky
The Precipice, Noam Chomsky
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The Precipice
Neoliberalism, the Pandemic and the Urgent Need for Social Change

Author: Noam Chomsky, C.J. Polychroniou

Narrator: Eric Jason Martin

Unabridged: 13 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/30/2021


Synopsis

In The Precipice, Noam Chomsky sheds light into the phenomenon of Trumpism, exposes the catastrophic nature and impact of Trump's policies on people, the environment, and the planet as a whole, and captures the dynamics of the brutal class warfare launched by the masters of capital to maintain and even enhance the features of a dog-eat–dog society to the unprecedented mobilization of millions of people against neoliberal capitalism, racism, and police violence.

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 David

There’s a lot more of Noam Chomsky these days, a lot of which has to do with the Trump regime. But in Precipice, Truthout journalist CJ Polychroniou has stitched together four years of interviews with Chomsky, making the book a huge and definitive Told You So. Chomsky was on the case, and his percep......more

Goodreads review by Randall

Why we are screwed: “Almost 80 percent of Americans believe in miracles.” “40 percent of Americans expect Jesus to return to earth (the Second Coming) by mid-century.” I doubt they’ll be that excited when he arrives but talks only in Aramaic, talks incessantly about helping the poor, has no Green Ca......more

Goodreads review by Wick

A polemic against neoliberalism and Trumpism This is commentary from mostly Chomsky and also Ha Joon Chang and others that is very recent up till after the Jan 6 insurrection. If you're looking for recent cutting analysis and critique of the US political system and the sway into neofascism, this is i......more

Goodreads review by Julian

This is a collection of interviews with America's leading public intellectual from the time of the rise to power of Donald Trump to the end of his presidency. Noam Chomsky sheds light on how neoliberalism came into effect in the time of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher and has increased in intens......more

Goodreads review by Maddy

In this series of interviews conducted by C. J. Polychroniou with responses by Noam Chomsky we get to the bottom of a lot of burning political questions and current situations in America during the period 2017-2020. This format offered a reprieve from the normal dry, repetative and complex text you......more