Description |
xii, 244 p. ; 22 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-236) and index. |
Contents |
Language and thought -- Language and nature -- Writers and intellectual responsibility -- Goals and visions -- Democracy and markets in the new world order -- The Middle East settlement -- The great powers and human rights -- East Timor and world order. |
Summary |
Eight essays, based on talks given during a week in Australia in 1995, bring together world-renowned linguist and outspoken critic of US foreign policy Chomsky's latest thinking. His topics encompass a wide scope from language and human nature, to the Middle East settlement, to the place of East Timor in the new world order. |
Note |
35902004207268 c.1 Special Collec. Reitz. Gift of Charles Reitz. |
Subject |
Language and languages -- Philosophy.
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World politics -- 1989-
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Philosophical anthropology.
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Cover Title |
Powers & prospects |
ISBN |
089608535X (paper) |
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0896085368 (cloth) |
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9780896085367 (cloth) |
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9780896085350 (paper) |
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