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Title: The Masters of Mankind: Essays on the Struggle for Freedom and Democracy by Noam Chomsky, Mark Pavlick ISBN: 1-56751-256-9 Publisher: Common Courage Press Pub. Date: April, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: I've been waiting for nearly six weeks...
Comment: I've been waiting six weeks for Amazon to send me this book, so be warned that their shipping estimate of 10-13 days (as of January 16), long as it is, is quite off the mark.
Although the review by the apostrophe-imparied Seth Frantzman doesn't even merit any comment, I just want to point out that his gripe cannot possibly be with the subject matter of the book, since what he seems to object to are nothing like what Chomsky actually says in the dozen or so boks of his that I've read. Perhaps Frantzman just doesn't understand what he reads, distracted as he is by the fog of his own ideology.
Obviously it's important to think critically about everything you read, but Frantzman's review offers no evidence that he is the least bit capable of thinking.
As for the book itself I think it would be a very useful overview of Chomksy's ideas, and would be a great gift for all the participants on the Znet Chomsky forum, as it would answer most of their questions and save the good professor quite a lot of time responding with answers that could easily be found elsewhere.
Rating: 3
Summary: Flawed, mostly rehashed ideas
Comment: This thoroughly flawed account includes no new scholarship and in fact many of the essays within this volume are reprints of old essays or have appeared elsewhere in the more then half a dozen books Chomsky has authored this year. Nonetheless these essays include a typical anti-American theme. The first conclusion, that America is the worlds only superpower and their America is evil is foolish in the extreme. Since America has not always been the 'only superpower' where is the essay critiquing China for being the Superpower of Asia, or Russia for its superpower status from 1945-88?
The main fallacy within this books convoluted segments is that most of the essays have no real defining characteristic, they are simply devoid of any original thinking. The essays model themselves on 'dissent' but the reality is that dissent for dissents sake doesn't make writing interesting or ideas 'revolutionary'. From these essays the conclusion is that any act of terror is legitimate and any act of self defense is unacceptable. Although the books title includes the word 'struggle for democracy' no actual struggles are depicted in the collection. One would think that one essay might illuminate the triumph of democracy in some sub-Saharan African nation but no such work is found here, in fact all the essays focus on how America is a big bully. In the end the book has no redeeming features and the conclusions are unoriginal. IF you're a fan of Chomsky you'll no doubt gobble up this tripe with the same relish as you might read 'Fateful Triangle' but for those searching for original work you will dismayed.
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Title: Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance (The American Empire Project) by Noam Chomsky ISBN: 0805074007 Publisher: Metropolitan Books Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Toward a New Cold War: Essays on the Current Crisis and How We Got There by Noam Chomsky, John Pilger ISBN: 1565848594 Publisher: New Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title:Noam Chomsky - Distorted Morality: America's War on Terror? ASIN: B00008AOW1 Publisher: Koch Vision Entertai Pub. Date: 25 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $7.98 |
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Title: Radical Priorities by Noam Chomsky, C.P. Otero ISBN: 1902593693 Publisher: AK Pr Distribution Pub. Date: January, 2004 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: For Reasons of State by Noam Chomsky, Arundhati Roy ISBN: 1565847946 Publisher: New Press Pub. Date: 15 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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