- Taschenbuch: 336 Seiten
- Verlag: South End Pr (Januar 1993)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0896084442
- ISBN-13: 978-0896084445
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 21,3 x 13,2 x 1,8 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.4 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (12 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 540.536 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Glancing at the World Bank's top amazon purchases, I see "The Wealth and Poverty of Nations", a psuedo-intellectual rant that claims the poverty of nations is largely a result of cultural failings. Chomsky's 501 is the perfect antidote to such revisionist nonsense, explaining that the real revisionists are those that continuously explain away their atrocities as manifest destiny, the imperative of those called to the 'noble work' of empire building. If the poverty of nations is a result of cultural deficiency, Year 501 makes it amply clear that the 'deficiencies' of the poor are a lack of brutality, manipulativeness and cruelty, a lack of commitment to genocide properly applied. Year 501 demonstrates this reality with ample sources and research. What really upsets his critics, though, is that his sources aren't 'leftist rags' or biased sources, they are the accounts of the conquistadors and the oppressors themselves, right up to the Wall Street Journal of today. Reading this book will give you the tools to unmask the pervasive political double-speak that has always been used by the powerful to justify their grand work of exploitation, not by citing outside sources, but by showing you the hypocrisy of the elite by laying their own works side by side. Chomsky's model of history, which he sets out in Year 501, gives you an analytical framework that can be applied with amazing consistency and accuracy; it would be taught in every high school in the country if the purpose of education were to develop a realistic and useful model for understanding history. An amazing book that should inspire you to act up.
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Don't believe the critics for a second without reading for yourself. As alway, Chomsky states what is unthinkable in standard circles: that the free market is first of all a lie and second of all a disaster for world economies. A lie, because it is hypocritically championed by the US and Europe, who do not practice a 'free market' at all, except when it serves their interests; and a disaster, based on unending research on the real consequences of opening up Third world economies to foreign investment - leading to a near inevitable decline in wages, rise in unemployment, end of free speech, control by foreign interests, and brutal, usually murderous suppression of the vast majority of the population by the "friends of democracy".
Yes, this sounds like a paranoid left-wing conspiracy theory, especially given that the unending stream of facts presented by Chomsky are almost entirely omitted from mainstream discourse, even in such 'left-leaning' forums as the NY Times and the New Republic. Combine that with Chomsky's biting irony, and it is easy to go up in arms against him as a fringe figure with a "breathtaking ignorance of economics" - or at least the orthodox version of economic theory that so selectively pays attention to the most glaring of facts. It is easy to dismiss as "politics more commonly found on bumper stickers". But these reactions are beyond unfair for such comprehensively researched work - and they tell more about the readers and about the pervasiveness of common myths than about Chomsky's positions, which are always irreproachably humane, no matter how critics may try to claim the contrary, utterly without foundation.
Reading Chomsky will either send up walls of defensiveness in you, or else make you see the world in a different way - more accurately. There are no arguments presented in Year 501 that are not virtually common knowledge to the majority of the planet - everywhere but in the privileged sectors of the First world, where people have a gift for selective blindness. But this is essential reading all the same. I give 4 stars instead of 5 because, like other books by Chomsky, Year 501 could be more accessible than it is. Try one of the interview books for an easier read.
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From Hispaniola to Haiti, from Cuba to Cambodia, Noam Chomskyfs daunting research, insightful commentary and scathing critiques help readers to formulate a more objective view of the post-Columbus-invasion era than is proffered in traditional histories. Year 501 is an invaluable reference for anyone wishing to refute the Lee Edwards, Henry Kissingers, Arthur Schlesingers and David Irvings of the right-wing revisionist historian guild. I enjoyed it immensely.
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Faculty Club Radical
Noam Chomsky is a politically correct macaque. The last original thing he wrote was ten years ago, since then he's been intoning the same thing over and over again like a penitent... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 7. April 2000 veröffentlicht
a must read for anyone who has a hard time understanding why
america wants to be the "Global Policeman". What are we trying to police? Many of his conclusions are really no-brainers for anyone who understands that capitalism and... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 21. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
Mind blowing book. Excellent. Must read.
I recommand this book to everyone who agrees (as I do) that the mass media controls information too much. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 19. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
Once Again Chomsky Is On Target!
Professor Chomsky provides, as always, a stunning analysis of how power overrides stated principle. Chomsky's method is simple: use the same standards of evidence in understanding... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 29. April 1999 veröffentlicht
Another great one by chomsky
Another excellent book by chomsky.
Two of the main recuring themes in this book are dependence on capitalism on the state through various subsidies and control. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 25. April 1999 veröffentlicht
A clear well-documented view of how the real world works.
In his usually convincing fashion, Doctor Chomsky has once again punctured the doctrinal cant that both liberal and so-called conservative camps serve up. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 25. Februar 1999 veröffentlicht
Change your perspective
Read Year 501 and change your perspective on the world. Chomsky gives you all his sources and places Western history into sharp focus. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 24. Februar 1999 von readr
Noam Chomsky is excellent reading
Professor Chomsky does it again. When you live in a third world country like I do, the things he says REALLY make sense. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 3. November 1997 veröffentlicht
Papa Noam Attacks!
With his usual style, which includes an endless barrage of irrefutable facts and a flair for analogy, Chomsky spells out the US role in world affairs. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 28. Juli 1997 veröffentlicht
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