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After the Cataclysm

The Political Economy of Human Rights: Volume II
Buch | Softcover
488 Seiten
2015
Pluto Press (Verlag)
978-0-7453-3550-6 (ISBN)

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After the Cataclysm - Noam Chomsky, Edward S. Herman
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Part two of an expansive two-volume work which critiques American foreign policy throughout the entire Cold War period.
The second volume of The Political Economy of Human Rights remains one of the most controversial works produced by Chomsky to date. In a much discussed chapter on Cambodia, Chomsky and Herman questioned official Western narratives on the Khmer Rouge and suggested that the evidence available did not match up to the assertions being made at that time. These claims would resurface in a recent controversy with the Continental philosopher Slavoj Zizek and readers will now be able to judge for themselves the veracity of Zizek's claims. The work also contains important analysis of Western interventions across Indochina, including Vietnam and Laos, and provides a searing critique of American imperial aspirations in the region.

Noam Chomsky is one of the most cited scholars in history and has profoundly shaped contemporary understanding of American politics. An ally of anarcho-syndicalists the world over, he has authored numerous books on linguistics, history and politics. He is Institute Professor (emeritus) in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT, and Laureate Professor of Linguistics and Agnese Nelms Haury Chair in the Program in Environment and Social Justice at the University of Arizona. Edward S. Herman (1925-2017) was Professor Emeritus of Finance at the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania. A media analyst with a speciality in corporate and regulatory issues, as well as political economy, he collaborated with Noam Chomsky on a number of books, including The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism (Pluto, 2015) and After the Cataclysm (Pluto, 2015).

Preface to the 2015 Edition


Preface


1. The Setting


2. Precedents


3. Refugees: Indochina and Beyond


4. Vietnam


5. Laos


6. Cambodia


7. Final Comments


Notes


Index

Reihe/Serie Chomsky Perspectives
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 129 x 198 mm
Gewicht 477 g
Themenwelt Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Wirtschaftsgeschichte
Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Öffentliches Recht Völkerrecht
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10 0-7453-3550-0 / 0745335500
ISBN-13 978-0-7453-3550-6 / 9780745335506
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