<div>The seminal writings of America&rsquo;s leading philosopher, linguist, and political thinker&mdash;&ldquo;the foremost gadfly of our national conscience&rdquo; (The New York Times). For the past fifty years Noam Chomsky&rsquo;s writings on politics and language have established him as a preeminent public intellectual as well as one of the most original political and social critics of our time. Among the seminal figures in linguistic theory over the past century, Chomsky has also secured a place among the most influential dissident voice in the United States. Chomsky&rsquo;s many bestselling works&mdash;including Manufacturing Consent, Hegemony or Survival, Understanding Power, and Failed States&mdash;have served as essential touchstones for activists, scholars, and concerned citizens on subjects ranging from the media and intellectual freedom to human rights and war crimes. In particular, Chomsky&rsquo;s scathing critique of the US wars in Vietnam, Central America, and the Middle East have furnished a widely accepted intellectual premise for antiwar movements for nearly four decades. The Essential Chomsky assembles the core of his most important writings, including excerpts from his most influential texts over the past half century. Here is an unprecedented, comprehensive overview of the thought that animates &ldquo;one of the West&rsquo;s most influential intellectuals in the cause of peace&rdquo; (The Independent). &ldquo;Chomsky ranks with Marx, Shakespeare, and the Bible as one of the ten most quoted sources in the humanities&mdash;and is the only writer among them still alive.&rdquo; &mdash;The Guardian &ldquo;Noam Chomsky is one of the most significant challengers of unjust power and delusions; he goes against every assumption about American altruism and humanitarianism.&rdquo; &mdash;Edward Said &ldquo;A rebel without a pause.&rdquo; &mdash;Bono</div>

The Essential Chomsky

<div>In this historic 1971 debate, two of the twentieth century&rsquo;s most influential thinkers discuss whether there is such a thing as innate human nature. In 1971, at the height of the Vietnam War and at a time of great political and social instability, two of the world&rsquo;s leading intellectuals, Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault, were invited by Dutch philosopher Fons Elders to debate an age-old question: Is there such a thing as &ldquo;innate&rdquo; human nature independent of our experiences and external influences? The resulting dialogue is one of the most original, provocative, and spontaneous exchanges to have occurred between contemporary philosophers. Above all, their discussion serves as a concise introduction to their two opposing theories. What begins as a philosophical argument rooted in linguistics (Chomsky) and the theory of knowledge (Foucault), soon evolves into a broader discussion encompassing a wide range of topics, from science, history, and behaviorism to creativity, freedom, and the struggle for justice in the realm of politics. In addition to the debate itself, this volume features a newly written introduction by noted Foucault scholar John Rajchman and includes substantial additional texts by Chomsky and Foucault. &ldquo;[Chomsky is] arguably the most important intellectual alive.&rdquo; &mdash;The New York Times &ldquo;Foucault . . . leaves no reader untouched or unchanged.&rdquo; &mdash;Edward Said </div>

The Chomsky-Foucault Debate

<div>A &ldquo;well-chosen anthology of the radical historian&rsquo;s prodigious output,&rdquo; from A People&rsquo;s History of the United States and lesser known sources (Kirkus Reviews). When Howard Zinn died in early 2010, millions of Americans mourned the loss of one of the nation&rsquo;s foremost intellectual and political guides; a historian, activist, and truth-teller who, in the words of the New York Times&rsquo;s Bob Herbert, &ldquo;peel[ed] back the rosy veneer of much of American history to reveal sordid realities that had remained hidden for too long.&rdquo; A collection designed to highlight Zinn&rsquo;s essential writings, The Indispensable Zinn includes excerpts from Zinn&rsquo;s bestselling A People&rsquo;s History of the United States; his memoir, You Can&rsquo;t Be Neutral on a Moving Train; his inspiring writings on the civil rights movement, and the full text of his celebrated play, Marx in Soho. Noted historian and activist Timothy Patrick McCarthy provides essential historical and biographical context for each selection. With a foreword by Noam Chomsky and an afterword from Zinn&rsquo;s former Spellman College student and longtime friend, Alice Walker, The Indispensable Zinn is both a fitting tribute to the legacy of a man whose &ldquo;work changed the way millions of people saw the past,&rdquo; and a powerful and accessible introduction for anyone coming to Zinn&rsquo;s essential body of work for the first time (Noam Chomsky).</div>

The Indispensable Zinn

<div>The two most popular titles by the noted linguist and critic in one volume&mdash;an ideal introduction to his work. On Language features some of Noam Chomsky&rsquo;s most informal and highly accessible work. In Part I, Language and Responsibility, Chomsky presents a fascinating self-portrait of his political, moral, and linguistic thinking. In Part II, Reflections on Language, Chomsky explores the more general implications of the study of language and offers incisive analyses of the controversies among psychologists, philosophers, and linguists over fundamental questions of language. &ldquo;Language and Responsibility is a well-organized, clearly written and comprehensive introduction to Chomsky&rsquo;s thought.&rdquo; &mdash;The New York Times Book Review &ldquo;Language and Responsibility brings together in one readable volume Chomsky&rsquo;s positions on issues ranging from politics and philosophy of science to recent advances in linguistic theory. . . . The clarity of presentation at times approaches that of Bertrand Russell in his political and more popular philosophical essays.&rdquo; &mdash;Contemporary Psychology &ldquo;Reflections on Language is profoundly satisfying and impressive. It is the clearest and most developed account of the case of universal grammar and of the relations between his theory of language and the innate faculties of mind responsible for language acquisition and use.&rdquo; &mdash;Patrick Flanagan</div>

On Language

<div>The sequel to the acclaimed Gaza in Crisis from world-famous political analyst Noam Chomsky and Middle East historian Ilan Papp&eacute;. Operation Protective Edge, Israel&rsquo;s 2014 assault on Gaza, left thousands of Palestinians dead and cleared the way for another Israeli land grab. The need to stand in solidarity with Palestinians has never been greater. Ilan Papp&eacute; and Noam Chomsky, two leading voices in the struggle to liberate Palestine, discuss the road ahead for Palestinians and how the international community can pressure Israel to end its human rights abuses against the people of Palestine. Praise for Gaza in Crisis by Noam Chomsky and Ilan Papp&eacute; &ldquo;This sober and unflinching analysis should be read and reckoned with by anyone concerned with practicable change in the long-suffering region.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly &ldquo;Both authors perform fiercely accurate deconstructions of official rhetoric.&rdquo; &mdash;The Guardian Praise for Noam Chomsky . . . &ldquo;Chomsky is a global phenomenon . . . perhaps the most widely read American voice on foreign policy on the planet.&rdquo; &mdash;The New York Times Book Review &ldquo;One of the radical heroes of our age . . . a towering intellect . . . powerful, always provocative.&rdquo; &mdash;The Guardian . . . and Ilan Papp&eacute; &ldquo;Ilan Papp&eacute; is Israel&rsquo;s bravest, most principled, most incisive historian.&rdquo; &mdash;John Pilger, journalist, writer, and filmmaker &ldquo;Along with the late Edward Said, Ilan Papp&eacute; is the most eloquent writer of Palestinian history.&rdquo; &mdash;New Statesman</div>

On Palestine

<div>&ldquo;Chomsky&rsquo;s gritty, politically charged essays redefine the nature and practice of democracy in an increasingly unsteady world climate&rdquo; (Foreword Reviews). In this urgent book, Noam Chomsky surveys the dangers and prospects of our early twenty-first century. Exploring challenges such as the growing gap between North and South, American exceptionalism (including under Pres. Barack Obama), the fiascos of Iraq and Afghanistan, the US-Israeli assault on Gaza, and the recent financial bailouts, he also sees hope for the future and a way to move forward&mdash;in the revival of indigenous cultures and languages and in the global solidarity movements that suggest &ldquo;real progress toward freedom and justice.&rdquo; Hopes and Prospects is essential reading for anyone who is concerned about the primary challenges still facing the human race. &ldquo;A dazzling, informative, arresting piece of work . . . incredibly timely and incredibly thorough, reserving safe ground for no-one and exploring the challenges and problems facing us in today&rsquo;s changing world.&rdquo; &mdash;Seattle PI &ldquo;This is a classic Chomsky work: a bonfire of myths and lies, sophistries and delusions. Noam Chomsky is an enduring inspiration all over the world&mdash;to millions, I suspect&mdash;for the simple reason that he is a truth-teller on an epic scale. I salute him.&rdquo; &mdash;John Pilger, journalist, writer, and filmmaker &ldquo;In dissecting the rhetoric and logic of American empire and class domination, at home and abroad, Chomsky continues a longstanding and crucial work of elucidation and activism . . . the writing remains unswervingly rational and principled throughout, and lends bracing impetus to the real alternatives before us.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly (starred review)</div>

Hopes and Prospects

<div>Essays that reflect the changing climate of the United States and the world from &ldquo;perhaps the most widely read voice on foreign policy on the planet&rdquo; (The New York Times Book Review). In this collection of essays from 1969 to 2013, many in book form for the first time, Noam Chomsky examines the nature of state power, from the ideologies driving the Cold War to the War on Terror, and reintroduces the moral and legal questions that all too often go unheeded. With unrelenting logic, he holds the arguments of empire up to critical examination and shatters the myths of those who protect the power and privilege of the few against the interests and needs of the many. A new introduction by Marcus Raskin contextualizes Chomsky&rsquo;s place among some of the most influential thinkers of modern history. Praise for Noam Chomsky and Masters of Mankind &ldquo;Considering that Chomsky&rsquo;s relevance has only grown with time, and that his positions prove less radical and more prescient as years pass, the timing of his new book release, The Masters of Mankind, a retrospective of lectures and essays stretching from 1969 to 2013, is perfect . . . There is more than enough profound, powerful material in this collection to impress any readers unfamiliar with Chomsky&rsquo;s intellectual agility.&rdquo; &mdash;The Daily Beast &ldquo;There is no living political writer who has more radically changed how more people think in more parts of the world about political issues.&rdquo; &#8213;Glenn Greenwald, journalist and author &ldquo;A truth-teller on an epic scale. I salute him.&rdquo; &mdash;John Pilger, journalist, writer, and filmmaker</div>

Masters of Mankind

<div>&ldquo;From meditations on human nature to strategic advice for the Trump era, Chomsky remains the thinker who shaped a generation, a beacon of hope&rdquo; (Sarah Jaffe, host of Belabored) This volume offers readers a concise and accessible introduction to the ideas of Noam Chomsky, described by the New York Time as &ldquo;arguably the most important intellectual alive.&rdquo; In these recent, wide-ranging interviews, conducted for Truthout by C. J. Polychroniou, Chomsky discusses his views on the &ldquo;war on terror&rdquo; and the rise of neoliberalism, the refugee crisis and cracks in the European Union, prospects for a just peace in Israel/Palestine, the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, the dysfunctional US electoral system, the grave danger posed to humanity by the climate crisis, and the hopes, prospects, and challenges of building a movement for radical change. &ldquo;A must read in these troubling times . . . This is an excellent collection of interviews that highlights Chomsky&rsquo;s encyclopedic knowledge of the key issues of our day and his unwavering criticism of the regime of the global 1%.&rdquo; &mdash;Deepa Kumar, author of Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire &ldquo;In this brilliant series of recent and wide-ranging interviews, Noam Chomsky combines an astounding breadth of knowledge, great depth of insight, clarity in explaining his ideas, and a relentless commitment to social and economic justice. The full package is simply exhilarating, especially in our current dismal era of Donald Trump. Optimism over Despair is a book to devour.&rdquo; &mdash;Robert Pollin, distinguished professor of Economics and codirector of the Political Economy Research Institute &ldquo;Especially valuable in helping us navigate the dreadful challenges of the Trumpian era.&rdquo; &mdash;Michael Klare, defense correspondent for The Nation</div>

Optimism over Despair

<div>The bestselling author and activist &ldquo;has delivered another impressive argument that the U.S. flouts international law when it finds it convenient to do so&rdquo; (Publishers Weekly). In this still-timely classic, Noam Chomsky argues that the real &ldquo;rogue&rdquo; states are the United States and its allies. Chomsky turns his penetrating gaze toward US involvement in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, and Latin America to trace the enduring combined effects of military domination and economic imperialism on these regions. &ldquo;Noam Chomsky is like a medic attempting to cure a national epidemic of selective amnesia . . . [Rogue States is] a timely guide to the tactics that the powerful employ to keep power concentrated and people compliant . . . Chomsky&rsquo;s work is crucial at a time when our empire perpetually disguises its pursuit of power under the banners of &lsquo;aid,&rsquo; &lsquo;humanitarian intervention,&rsquo; and &lsquo;globalization.&rsquo; Americans have to begin deciphering the rhetoric. Chomsky&rsquo;s a good place to start.&rdquo; &mdash;The Village Voice &ldquo;World-famous MIT linguist Chomsky has long kept up a second career as a cogent voice of the hard left, excoriating American imperialism, critiquing blinkered journalists and attacking global economic injustice.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly &ldquo;Nothing escapes [Chomsky&rsquo;s] attention . . . [Rogue States is] wonderfully lucid.&rdquo; &mdash;PeaceWork Praise for Noam Chomsky &ldquo;Chomsky is a global phenomenon . . . perhaps the most widely read voice on foreign policy on the planet.&rdquo; &mdash;The New York Times Book Review &ldquo;The conscience of the American people.&rdquo; &mdash;New Statesman &ldquo;One of the radical heroes of our age . . . a towering intellect . . . powerful, always provocative.&rdquo; &mdash;The Guardian</div>

Rogue States

<div>One of the world&rsquo;s leading intellectuals &ldquo;raises provocative questions about U.S. diplomacy&rdquo; in a brilliant account of the workings of state terrorism (Maclean&rsquo;s). Pirates and Emperors, Old and New is a virtuoso exploration of the role of the United States in the Middle East that exposes how the media manipulates public opinion about what constitutes &ldquo;terrorism.&rdquo; Chomsky masterfully argues that appreciating the differences between state terror and nongovernmental terror is crucial to stopping terrorism and understanding why atrocities like the bombing of the World Trade Center and the killing of the Charlie Hebdo journalists happen. &ldquo;Disturbing reading and as always, indispensable.&rdquo; &#8213;The Ubyssey Praise for Noam Chomsky &ldquo;Our greatest unraveller of accredited lies.&rdquo; &mdash;New Statesman &ldquo;Chomsky is a global phenomenon . . . perhaps the most widely read voice on foreign policy on the planet.&rdquo; &mdash;The New York Times Book Review &ldquo;There is no living political writer who has more radically changed how more people think in more parts of the world about political issues.&rdquo; &#8213;Glenn Greenwald, journalist and author &ldquo;A truth-teller on an epic scale. I salute him.&rdquo; &mdash;John Pilger, journalist, writer, and filmmaker</div>

Pirates and Emperors, Old and New

<div>One of our greatest political minds &ldquo;challenges us to think more independently and more deeply about the human consequences of power and privilege&rdquo; (Norman Solomon, author of Made Love, Got War). Renowned interviewer David Barsamian showcases his unique access to Chomsky&rsquo;s thinking on a number of topics of contemporary and historical import. Chomsky offers insights into the institutions that shape the public mind in the service of power and profit. In an interview conducted after the important November 1999 &ldquo;Battle in Seattle,&rdquo; Chomsky discusses prospects for building a movement to challenge corporate domination of the media, the environment, and even our private lives. Whether discussing US military escalation in Colombia, attacks on Social Security, or growing inequality worldwide, Chomsky shows how ordinary people, if they work together, have the power to make meaningful change. &ldquo;In Propaganda and the Public Mind, we have unique insight into Noam Chomsky&rsquo;s decades of penetrating analyses . . . drawn together in one slender volume by a brilliant radio interviewer, David Barsamian.&rdquo; &#8213;Ben H. Bagdikian, Pulitzer Prize&ndash;winning journalist &ldquo;To anyone who wonders if ideas, information, and activism can make a profound difference in the twenty-first century, I say: &lsquo;Read this book.&rsquo;&rdquo; &#8213;Norman Solomon, author of The Habits of Highly Deceptive Media Praise for Noam Chomsky &ldquo;The conscience of the American people.&rdquo; &mdash;New Statesman &ldquo;Chomsky is a global phenomenon . . . perhaps the most widely read voice on foreign policy on the planet.&rdquo; &mdash;The New York Times Book Review &ldquo;There is no living political writer who has more radically changed how more people think in more parts of the world about political issues.&rdquo; &#8213;Glenn Greenwald, journalist &ldquo;A truth-teller on an epic scale. I salute him.&rdquo; &mdash;John Pilger, journalist, writer, and filmmaker</div>

Propaganda and the Public Mind

<div>&ldquo;Perhaps the most widely read voice on foreign policy on the planet&rdquo; breaks down the Iran-Contra Affair and the scourge of clandestine terrorism (The New York Times Book Review on Theory and Practice). This classic text provides a scathing critique of US political culture through a brilliant analysis of the Iran-Contra scandal. Chomsky irrefutably shows how the United States has opposed human rights and democratization to advance its economic interests. &ldquo;The Culture of Terrorism follows an earlier study, Turning the Tide, but with the new insights provided by the flawed Congressional inquiry into the Irangate scandal. [Chomsky&rsquo;s] thesis is that United States elites are dedicated to the rule of force, and that their commitment to violence and lawlessness has to be masked by an ideological system which attempts to control and limit the domestic damage done when the mask occasionally slips. Clandestine programs are not a secret to their victims, as he points out. It is the domestic population in the USA which needs to be protected from knowledge of them . . . The record, he argues, shows a continual pattern of violence and disregard for democracy.&rdquo; &#8213;Manchester Guardian Weekly &ldquo;Chomsky&rsquo;s documentation neatly supports his logic. Leftist adherents will applaud, while the majority&mdash;depicted as perpetrators or dupes of military-based state capitalism&mdash;will ignore the book or dismiss it as rhetoric. But Chomsky has a point of view not frequently encountered in the press.&rdquo; &mdash;Library Journal &ldquo;Closely argued, heavily documented . . . will shake liberals and conservatives alike.&rdquo; &#8213;Publishers Weekly</div>

Culture of Terrorism

<div>The famed political critic &ldquo;analyzes the issue most prominently posed in Oliver Stone&rsquo;s film JFK . . . strong arguments against Kennedy mythologists&rdquo; (Publishers Weekly). Rethinking Camelot is a thorough analysis of John F. Kennedy&rsquo;s role in the US invasion of Vietnam and a probing reflection on the elite political culture that allowed and encouraged the Cold War. In it, Chomsky dismisses efforts to resurrect Camelot&mdash;an attractive American myth portraying JFK as a shining knight promising peace, foiled only by assassins bent on stopping this lone hero who would have unilaterally withdrawn from Vietnam had he lived. Chomsky argues that US institutions and political culture, not individual presidents, are the key to understanding US behavior during Vietnam. Rethinking Camelot is &ldquo;an interesting work not only for the history it explores, but also as a study of how various individuals and groups write and interpret history&rdquo; (Choice). Praise for Noam Chomsky &ldquo;Chomsky is a global phenomenon . . . perhaps the most widely read voice on foreign policy on the planet.&rdquo; &mdash;The New York Times Book Review &ldquo;The conscience of the American people.&rdquo; &mdash;New Statesman &ldquo;Reading Chomsky is like standing in a wind tunnel. With relentless logic, Chomsky bids us to listen closely to what our leaders tell us&mdash;and to discern what they are leaving out . . . The questions Chomsky raises will eventually have to be answered. Agree with him or not, we lose out by not listening.&rdquo; &mdash;Business Week &ldquo;One of the radical heroes of our age . . . a towering intellect . . . powerful, always provocative.&rdquo; &mdash;The Guardian</div>

Rethinking Camelot

<div>&ldquo;One of the definitive works on the Israeli Palestinian conflict&rdquo; from the celebrated New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Hopes and Prospects (Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now! and author of Breaking the Sound Barrier). From its establishment to the present day, Israel has enjoyed a unique position in the American roster of international friends. In Fateful Triangle, Noam Chomsky explores the character and historical development of this special relationship. The resulting work &ldquo;may be the most ambitious book ever attempted on the conflict between Zionism and the Palestinians viewed as centrally involving the United States. It is a dogged expos&eacute; of human corruption, greed, and intellectual dishonesty. It is also a great and important book, which must be read by anyone concerned with public affairs&rdquo; (Edward W. Said, from the foreword). &ldquo;A devastating collection of charges aimed at Israeli and American policies that affect the Palestinian Arabs negatively.&rdquo; &#8213;Library Journal &ldquo;Brilliant and unscrupulous.&rdquo; &#8213;The Observer &ldquo;A major, timely and devastating analysis of one of the great tragedies.&rdquo; &#8213;The Tribune &ldquo;Formidable.&rdquo; &#8213;The Jewish Quarterly</div>

Fateful Triangle

<div>The renowned philosopher and political theorist presents a summation of his influential work in this series of Columbia University lectures. A pioneer in the fields of modern linguistics and cognitive science, Noam Chomsky is also one of the most avidly read political theorist of our time. In this series of lectures, Chomsky presents more than half a century of philosophical reflection on all three of these areas. In precise yet accessible language, Chomsky elaborates on the scientific study of language, sketching how his own work has implications for the origins of language, the close relations that language bears to thought, its eventual biological basis. He expounds and criticizes many alternative theories, such as those that emphasize the social, the communicative, and the referential aspects of language. He also investigates the apparent scope and limits of human cognitive capacities. Moving from language and mind to society and politics, Chomsky concludes with a philosophical defense of a position he describes as &quot;libertarian socialism,&quot; tracing its links to anarchism and the ideas of John Dewey, and even briefly to the ideas of Karl Marx and John Stuart Mill. Demonstrating its conceptual growth out of our historical past, he also shows its urgent relation to our present moment.</div>

Noam Chomsky

Books By Noam Chomsky (15 Books)

The Essential Chomsky

The Chomsky-Foucault D ...

The Indispensable Zinn

On Language

On Palestine

Hopes and Prospects

Masters of Mankind

Optimism over Despair

Rogue States

Pirates and Emperors, ...

Propaganda and the Pub ...

Culture of Terrorism

Rethinking Camelot

Fateful Triangle

What Kind of Creatures ...

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