Global Discontents
Conversations on the Rising Threats to Democracy| By: | Noam Chomsky; David Barsamian |
| Publisher: | Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. |
| Print ISBN: | 9781250146182 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781250146199 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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In this compelling set of interviews, the intellectual discusses contemporary threats to democracy, from economic inequality to the Trump presidency. In wide-ranging discussions with David Barsamian, his longtime interlocutor, Noam Chomsky asks us to consider "the world we are leaving to our grandchildren": one imperiled by climate change and the growing potential for nuclear war. If the current system is incapable of dealing with these threats, he argues, it's up to us to radically change it. The twelve interviews in Global Discontents examine the recent global developments: the rise of ISIS, the reach of state surveillance, growing anger over economic inequality, conflicts in the Middle East, and the presidency of Donald Trump. In personal reflections on his Philadelphia childhood, Chomsky also describes his own intellectual journey and the development of his uncompromising stance as America's premier dissident intellectual. "Well-informed salvos to please or enrage, depending on one's politics." — Kirkus Reviews