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  • Published: 19 September 2016
  • ISBN: 9780241972489
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $26.00

Because We Say So




Essays on American hegemony from the West's most prominent critic of US imperialism

For over fifty years, one fact has dominated global politics: the United States can respond to any challenge to its power however it sees fit. Whatever the world may think, US actions are legitimate simply because they say so.

With charateristic clarity and authority, Chomsky takes American imperialism head-on. From Edward Snowden and Palestinian-Israeli relations to political philosophy and how we structure democracy, Because We Say So offers a cross-section of perspectives on the question of America's ongoing hegemony.

  • Published: 19 September 2016
  • ISBN: 9780241972489
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $26.00

About the author

Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston. A member of the American Academy of Science, he has published widely in both linguistics and current affairs. His books include At War with Asia, Towards a New Cold War, Fateful Triangle: The U. S., Israel and the Palestinians, Necessary Illusions, Hegemony or Survival, Deterring Democracy, Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy and Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media.

Noam Chomsky was recently named the world's number-one public intellectual in a poll by Prospect magazine. He is the author of numerous bestselling political works, including Hegemony or Survival, Imperial Ambitions and Failed States, all of which are published by Hamish Hamilton and Penguin. Noam Chomsky is a professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT, and is widely credited with having revolutionized modern linguistics.

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Praise for Because We Say So

Chomsky is one of a small band of individuals fighting a whole industry. And that makes him not only brilliant, but heroic

Arundhati Roy

Chomsky's work is neither theoretical, nor ideological: it is passionate and righteous

Times Literary Supplement

The world's greatest public intellectual

Observer

Publisher's description. From Edward Snowden and Palestinian-Israeli relations to political philosophy and the nature of democracy, Because We Say So offers a cross-section of perspectives on the question of America's ongoing hegemony.

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