Simply Chomsky

di Raphael Salkie (Autore)

Simply Charly, 2026

The linguist who changed how we think about language, power, and politics. Noam Chomsky has spent his career challenging some of the assumptions people take for granted, from how language works to how governments use power and how the media shapes public opinion. In Simply Chomsky, Raphael Salkie provides an accessible introduction to Chomsky's wide-ranging ideas, beginning with his revolutionary work in linguistics and moving into his influential writing on politics, war, propaganda, and the media. Salkie explains Chomsky's theories in straightforward language, showing how his ideas about language transformed modern linguistics while his political criticism made him one of the most prominent and controversial public intellectuals of the modern era. Whether you agree with Chomsky or not, his ideas have had an enormous impact, and this book offers a clear way to understand what he was arguing and why it mattered. Salkie not only covers the essentials of Chomsky’s thought and accomplishments, but also explores his most recent concerns—including the climate crisis, the threat of nuclear holocaust, and current geopolitical hotspots—which are often very different from the topics that preoccupied him decades ago. For students of linguistics, for those interested in U.S. foreign policy, and for anyone concerned about the enormous problems facing the world, Simply Chomsky will be exhilarating and thought-provoking reading. Noam Chomsky has spent his life challenging widely accepted assumptions and beliefs and has made an indelible mark on world affairs and human thought. Simply Chomsky offers a special opportunity to find out more about this remarkable and always engaging contrarian thinker.

• Autore: Raphael Salkie
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: Simply Charly
• Formato: EPUB3 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9781943657711