Beyond the Reagan Era
2 CDs
Citing the experience and achievements of dissident movements in recent years, Chomsky illustrates how American political culture has changed and progressed. He demonstrates, with many examples, how the movements for social and political change have had an impact on U.S. foreign policy. He draws on the lessons of the past and sketches out the future. Part One is the lecture, Part Two the question-and-answer session.
Recorded at Boulder High School.
Speaker
Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky, by any measure, has led a most extraordinary life. In one index he is ranked as the eighth most cited person in history, right up there with Aristotle, Shakespeare, Marx, Plato and Freud. His contributions to modern linguistics are legendary. In addition to his pioneering work in that field, he has been a leading voice for peace and social justice for many decades. Chris Hedges says he is “America’s greatest intellectual” who “makes the powerful, as well as their liberal apologists, deeply uncomfortable.” The New Statesman calls him “the conscience of the American people.” He is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT and Laureate Professor of Linguistics and Haury Chair in the Program in Environment and Social Justice at the University of Arizona. At 95, he continues to inform and inspire people all over the world. He is the author of scores of books, his latest are Consequences of Capitalism, Chronicles of Dissent and Notes on Resistance.
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