EPISODE · May 17, 2022 · 3 MIN
Taming the Rascal Multitude: Essays, Interviews, and Lectures 1997–2014 by Noam Chomsky
from Top Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & Politics · host Maeve Nikolaus
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618540 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Taming the Rascal Multitude: Essays, Interviews, and Lectures 1997–2014 Author: Noam Chomsky Narrator: Donald Corren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 17, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: As Noam Chomsky writes about something—US foreign policy, corporate policies, an election, or a movement—he is not only quite specific in recounting the topic and its facts but also exercises blisteringly relentless logic to discern the interconnections between the evidence and broader themes involved. This may seem mundane, but virtually every time, even aside from the details of the case in question, the process, the steps, the ways of linking one thing to another illustrate what it means to be a thinking, critical subject of history and society, in any time and place. Taming the Rascal Multitude is a judicious selection of essays and interviews from Z Magazine from 1997 to 2014. In each, Chomsky takes up some question of the moment. As such, in sum, the essays provide a historical overview of the history that preceded Trump and the reaction to Trump. The essays situate what followed even without having known what would follow. They explicate what preceded the current era and provide a step-by-step revelation. or how-to, for successfully comprehending social events and relations. They are a pleasure to listen to, much like the pleasure of watching a great athlete or performer, but they also edify. They educate.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618540 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Taming the Rascal Multitude: Essays, Interviews, and Lectures 1997–2014 Author: Noam Chomsky Narrator: Donald Corren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 17, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: As Noam Chomsky writes about something—US foreign policy, corporate policies, an election, or a movement—he is not only quite specific in recounting the topic and its facts but also exercises blisteringly relentless logic to discern the interconnections between the evidence and broader themes involved. This may seem mundane, but virtually every time, even aside from the details of the case in question, the process, the steps, the ways of linking one thing to another illustrate what it means to be a thinking, critical subject of history and society, in any time and place. Taming the Rascal Multitude is a judicious selection of essays and interviews from Z Magazine from 1997 to 2014. In each, Chomsky takes up some question of the moment. As such, in sum, the essays provide a historical overview of the history that preceded Trump and the reaction to Trump. The essays situate what followed even without having known what would follow. They explicate what preceded the current era and provide a step-by-step revelation. or how-to, for successfully comprehending social events and relations. They are a pleasure to listen to, much like the pleasure of watching a great athlete or performer, but they also edify. They educate.
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