Optimism over Despair: On Capitalism, Empire, and Social Change
Noam Chomsky & C.J. PolychroniouThis volume offers readers a concise and accessible introduction to the ideas of Noam Chomsky, described by the New York Times as arguably the most important intellectual alive.”
In these recent, wide-ranging interviews, conducted for Truthout
by C. J. Polychroniou, Chomsky discusses his views on the war on
terror” and the rise of neoliberalism, the refugee crisis and cracks in
the European Union, prospects for a just peace in Israel/Palestine, the
rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, the dysfunctional US electoral
system, the grave danger posed to humanity by the climate crisis, and
the hopes, prospects, and challenges of building a movement for radical
change.
Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor (Emeritus) in
the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT. His work is widely
credited with having revolutionized the field of modern linguistics. He
is the author of numerous best-selling political works, which have been
translated into scores of languages worldwide.
Public Intellectual Project. He has published several books and his
articles have appeared in a variety of journals, magazines, newspapers,
and popular news