Understanding Power

Dec 6, 2024 1:59 AM

Author:Noam Chomsky

Understanding Power

'Arguably the most important intellectual alive' New York Times

An indispensable collection of Noam Chomsky’s talks on the past, present and future of the politics of power

Noam Chomsky is universally accepted as one of the world’s leading intellectuals of the modern era. Now, for the first time, Peter R. Mitchell and John Schoeffel have assembled the best of Chomsky's talks on the politics of power. With an eye to political activism and the media’s role in popular struggle, as well as US foreign and domestic policy, Chomsky reinterprets the events of the past three decades, from foreign policy during the Vietnam War to the decline of welfare under the Clinton administration. Highlighting America’s myriad of social inequalities and political issues while offering timely advice for much needed change, Understanding Power is definitive Chomsky.

‘Chomsky ranks with Marx, Shakespeare and the Bible as one of the ten most quoted sources in the humanities’ Guardian

‘Powerful and timely...his analysis is fair, meticulously researched and fascinating’ Observer

Reviews

Arguably the most important intellectual alive

—— New York Times

Chomsky ranks with Marx, Shakespeare and the Bible as one of the ten most quoted sources in the humanities

—— Guardian

Noam Chomsky is a major scholarly resource. Not to have read him is to court genuine ignorance

—— The Nation

I can't imagine a better or more beautifully presented reference for a book-lover

—— Waterstones.com review

Laugh out loud funny - every teacher who reads it will cringe with empathy

—— Laura McInerney

This entertaining memoir of 10 eventful years at the chalkface further illuminates the debt of gratitude we owe teachers

—— The Bookseller

A genuinely joyful book and a celebration of teaching

—— Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School & College Leaders

A frank, funny and long overdue ode to teachers and teaching

—— Adam Kay

A delightfully frank and funny book - with a very serious message

—— Jacqueline Wilson

An ode to teaching: hilarious, inspiring and so terrifyingly true

—— Lucy Kellaway

Funny, sensitive and clever

—— Victoria Derbyshire

A hilarious love letter to teaching - and to teenagers. It throws open the doors to the staff room and our ears to the gossip inside. As someone who was a nightmare as a teen, it made me think of the teachers who championed me, regardless, and the influence they had on my adult life. A timely celebration of the importance of teachers

—— Christie Watson

If you want to know what the world of schools and classrooms is really like, this is your book. An unputdownable account of Ryan Wilson's teaching years that describes the absolute reality of teaching in UK schools including the good parts, the bad and all that is ugly. I was captivated by Wilson's honesty and vulnerability and loved reading and exploring every minute of this familiar world

—— Andria Zafirakou, 2018 Global Teacher Prize winner

Ryan Wilson passes with flying colours and earns an A-grade for his debut book... If anyone has read Adam Kay's This is Going to Hurt... Ryan's terrific tome strikes a similar funny, feel-good and frank tone

—— Thomas Stichbury , attitude

A pleasant and heartfelt account of one man's brief journey into and out of education... unquestionably funny... poignant and very personal

—— Emma Williams , Schools Week

Very funny, often inspiring, occasionally tragic - and a timely reminder of the unforgettable influence of great teachers

—— Daily Mail

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