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Government in the Future (Open Media)
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Government in the Future (Open Media) |
Author: Noam Chomsky
Published: 2005-04-01 |
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 Another great one!
Chomsky is an excellent writer and linguist, and his books are always a pleasure to read. If you are interested in governing or politics, you may enjoy this book ('may,' as in 'unless your excessively conservative').
 Not his best work, but compelling nonetheless
Although not his most groundbreaking work, Chomsky's "Government In The Future" is a quick and interesting read. An edited transcription of a speech he made in 1970, it's ideas and complaints against capitalism and military economy are still extremely relevent. In addition to his timeless arguments, Chomsky also takes a moment to briefly spell out exactly what he means when he calls himself an anarchist, and then takes time to flesh out the four different kinds of government that we may see in the future, addressing counterarguments to ones he favors with such promptness that even Plato would have to appreciate.
The only problem with this pamphlet is his massive reliance on other philosophers. While definately respectable in academic circles, his references to philosophers and thinkers of various stripes and centuries may alienate the casual reader.
It's a quick read, though, and relatively easy to understand.
"Eternal vigilence is the price of liberty"
How unfortunate that, busy with business as usual, we don't devote more time to discusssing with those around us how our economic and political life could be. Perhaps it is too enjoyable to sit back and watch "American Idol".
Chomsky at his most provocative:
* Can we make modern society democratic?
* Can the U.S. population join in the push for change along with people in the rest of the world? Is it willing to take a chance to disturb the status quo? Can it seem the point of that, even with the inevitable errors along the way? Or have we been lullued into sheepish acceptance of authority and the way things are?
* Has hyping the need for the war machine indeed become the way to win our tax dollars and support for aggression? Does the war machine require the kind of efficent, centralized managment that corporate executives and lawyers best provide? Does the focus on war damage our cultural and moral life? Do the corporate executives bring with them a mindset that is profoundly anti-democratic, anti-libertarian, anti-worker?
This book may be short on pages but it's long on issues you can think over and discuss with others. The libertarian socialist position Chomsky favors may not work but responding to its challenges may lull you out of sleep. Our capitalist ways seem horribly incapable of addressing the crises of sustainability that have begun. Now is the time to turn off "American Idol" each week and instead read this book and talk with others each week about it. No one person can change the tide: not until each of us is an "American Helper" is their hope for our country or the world in the crises ahead.
 A. Wexler
This material is a very short {67 pages} from a speech given at the poetry center NY, NY ..back in 1970. It is based on classic 'anarcho-syndicalist' thought, which the author makes no bones about. The likes of Von Humbolt and Rousseau are quoted {or misquoted} from which the author derives his own extrapolations. Unfortunately there are no prescriptions for how this 'perfect' society is to emerge.
It is difficult to rate. Since it lacks a logical conclusion I have given it two stars, though it is a well written agitprop.
Chomsky being Chomsky- Brilliant
Great speech. Hear the audio version at zmag.org (click on "audio")
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