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Chomsky, On Power and Ideology. The Managua Lectures.

Chomsky, Noam.

On Power and Ideology. The Managua Lectures. Delivered at the Universidad Centroamericana, Managua.

First Edition. U.S.A., South End Press, 1987. 21.4cm x 13.6cm. 140 (4) pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Signed by Chomsky on the front free endpaper.

In March 1986, Noam Chomsky had the opportunity to visit Managua and lecture at the Universidad Centroamericana. These lectures consisted of a morning series, devoted to the problems of language and knowledge (forthcoming from MIT Press), and an afternoon series, devoted to contemporary political issues, from which this book is transcribed. Participants included a wide range of people, including members of the Nicaraguan academic community and visitors from Costa Rican universities. The lectures, delivered in English and translated into Spanish, were also broadcast.

This book consists of five lectures on U.S. international and security policy. The arguments are concise; the information over-whelming; the presentation particularly moving. The first two lectures examine the persistent and largely invariant features of U.S. foreign policy, the overall framework of order. The third lecture discusses Central America and its place in the foreign policy pattern. The fourth looks at U.S. national security policy and the arms race and the fifth and final lecture examines U.S. domestic policy – how it fashions foreign and national policies and how they can be changed. The lectures are followed by discussion and questions from the audience.

 

Chomsky, On Power and Ideology. The Managua Lectures.