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Le democrazie occidentali – da sempre incompiute – sono oggi quanto mai fragili, sottoposte all’attacco congiunto di un’unica, spaventosa chimera: quella del populismo autoritario e dei grandi interessi economici che lo sostengono. È il grido d’allarme lanciato da Noam Chomsky in Precipizio, nuovo libro pubblicato da Ponte alle Grazie in contemporanea mondiale. La figura-simbolo degli anni che stiamo attraversando è quello che Chomsky non esita a definire «il criminale più pericoloso della storia umana»: Donald Trump. La sua vicenda, anche se in apparenza conclusa, dimostra che dare per scontata la salute delle democrazie occidentali è un errore clamoroso. Il feroce attacco alla democrazia da parte del capitale globale, in corso da decenni, non è certo terminato, e continua ovunque, anche negli USA, in altre forme più perniciose ancora, trovando in ogni parte del mondo un alleato nelle tendenze autoritarie, razziste, nazionaliste e xenofobe: proprio mentre le crisi sanitaria ed ecologica mettono a dura prova la fibra delle comunità locali e della società globale. L’attivista Chomsky, naturalmente, ci sprona all’azione: Trump è stato infine sconfitto ma la fragilità della democrazia rimane tale, e mai come in questo tempo la lotta per salvare il sistema democratico s’intreccia con la lotta per salvare l’umanità e il pianeta stesso. Bisogna agire in fretta. E siamo tutti noi a doverlo fare.
- ISBN: 883331815X
- Casa Editrice: Ponte alle Grazie
- Pagine: 468
- Data di uscita: 14-10-2021
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There’s a lot more of Noam Chomsky these days, a lot of which has to do with the Trump regime. But in Precipice, Truthout journalist CJ Polychroniou has stitched together four years of interviews with Chomsky, making the book a huge and definitive Told You So. Chomsky was on the case, and his percep Leggi tutto
Why we are screwed: “Almost 80 percent of Americans believe in miracles.” “40 percent of Americans expect Jesus to return to earth (the Second Coming) by mid-century.” I doubt they’ll be that excited when he arrives but talks only in Aramaic, talks incessantly about helping the poor, has no Green Ca Leggi tutto
A polemic against neoliberalism and Trumpism This is commentary from mostly Chomsky and also Ha Joon Chang and others that is very recent up till after the Jan 6 insurrection. If you're looking for recent cutting analysis and critique of the US political system and the sway into neofascism, this is i Leggi tutto
This is a collection of interviews with America's leading public intellectual from the time of the rise to power of Donald Trump to the end of his presidency. Noam Chomsky sheds light on how neoliberalism came into effect in the time of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher and has increased in intens Leggi tutto
In this series of interviews conducted by C. J. Polychroniou with responses by Noam Chomsky we get to the bottom of a lot of burning political questions and current situations in America during the period 2017-2020. This format offered a reprieve from the normal dry, repetative and complex text you
My full review is found here . *** The title for this book is no exaggeration: we are standing at *the* precipice in our time, the tipping point where we decide the fate of humanity. This book is a collection of interviews with Noam Chomsky, linguist, political dissident, and intellectual extraordinaire Leggi tutto
Noam Chomsky is always a pleasure to read. Some of the main points of the book are: - How neoliberalism eroded civil society and unions - How the US is an empire built on racism, genocide and foreign intervention cooperating with authoritarian states - The US is no real democracy anymore. Only money Leggi tutto
It is a very (VERY) repetitive and poorly organised book. However, it is always interesting to read Chomsky’s perspective on current affairs, specially USA affairs. “(…) today, after forty years of the ‘savage capitalism’ unleashed by the neoliberal assault. (…) The effects of the assault are sharp c Leggi tutto
