Books like Chomsky On Anarchism by Noam Chomsky

On Anarchism assembles Noam Chomsky’s essays and interviews into an accessible survey of his optimistic view of anarchism as a living, evolving tradition that emphasizes collective action over individualism.

**Noam Chomsky: A Life of Dissent** is a 1997 biography of Noam Chomsky written by Robert Barsky and published by The MIT Press. (Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_Chomsky:_A_Life_of_Dissent))

"In this collection of essays from 1969 to 2013, many in book form for the first time, Noam Chomsky examines the nature of state power, from the ideologies driving the Cold War to the War on Terror, and reintroduces the moral and legal questions that all too often go unheeded. With unrelenting logic, he holds the arguments of empire up to critical examination and shatters the myths of those who protect the power and privilege of the few against the interests and needs of the many. An introduction by Marcus Raskin contextualizes Chomsky's place among some of the most influential thinkers of modern history"-- "In this collection of essays from 1969-2013, many in book form for the first time, Noam Chomsky exposes the real nature of state power. With unrelenting logic, he holds the arguments of empire up to critical examination and shatters the myths of those who protect the power and privilege of the few against the interests and needs to the many"--

From the Publisher: In this classic talk delivered at the Poetry Center, New York, on February 16, 1970, Noam Chomsky articulates a clear, uncompromising vision of social change. Chomsky contrasts the classical liberal, libertarian socialist, state socialist and state capitalist world views and then defends a libertarian socialist vision as "the proper and natural extension-of classical liberalism into the era of advanced industrial society." In his stirring conclusion, Chomsky argues, "We have today the technical and material resources to meet man's animal needs. We have not developed the cultural and moral resources or the democratic forms of social organization that make possible the humane and rational use of our material wealth and power. Conceivably, the classical liberal ideals as expressed and developed in their libertarian socialist form are achievable. But if so, only by a popular revolutionary movement, rooted in wide strata of the population and committed to the elimination of repressive and authoritarian institutions, state and private. To create such a movement is a challenge we face and must meet if there is to be an escape from contemporary barbarism."

„Lesenswert macht dieses Buch die Tatsache, daß Kropotkin darin *seinen* Anarchismus und mehr noch *seine* Interpretation der Anarchismus-Geschichte ausführlich darstellt. Abgesehen vom aktuellen Wert einer erneuten und Kritischen Anarchismus-Lektüre stellt *Moderne Wissenschaft und Anarchismus* in Kropotkins Œuvre eine Besonderheit dar: Meines Wissens beschrieb er nirgends ebenso ausfüthrlich und zusammenhängend wie hier die Geschichte des anarchistischen Denkens.“ – Heinz Hug Nach diversen unvollständigen Übersetzungen – beginnend mit einer Artikelserie im *Der arme Teufel* 1902/3 bis zu einem noch weiter gekürzten Reprint in der Schweiz 1978 – bedeutet die vorliegende Neuübersetzung die erste Fassung in deutscher Sprache, die Kropotkins letzter Überarbeitung entspricht.