{"product_id":"9781565847941","title":"For Reasons of State","description":"Chomsky's major works now reissued by The New Press.An essential record of Chomsky's political and social thought as it was sharpened during the upheavals in domestic and international affairs of the early 1970s, \u003ci\u003eFor Reasons of State\u003c\/i\u003e includes articles on the war in Vietnam and the \"wider war\" in Laos and Cambodia, an extensive dissection of the Pentagon Papers, reflections on the role of force in international affairs, essays on civil disobedience and the use of the university, and a now-classic introduction to anarchism. These essays reveal very different facets of Chomsky's power as a thinker, from his uncanny ability to join abstract philosophical considerations with the concrete political realities of his time, to his singular capacity to mount withering, fact-based critiques of American foreign policy. Following the recent release of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Power and the New Mandarins, For Reasons of State\u003c\/i\u003e is a major addition to the intellectual history of the Vietnam era. \u003cp\u003eAuthor Biography: \u003cb\u003eNoam Chomsky\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Linguistics at MIT, a world-renowned linguist and political activist, and the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eOn Language, American Power and the New Mandarins\u003c\/i\u003e, and the collection \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Power\u003c\/i\u003e (all from The New Press). \u003cb\u003eArundhati Roy\u003c\/b\u003e (foreword) lives in New Delhi. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe God of Small Things\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePower Politics\u003c\/i\u003e (South End Press).  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030661677296,"sku":"9781565847941","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781565847941_p0.jpg?v=1763772084","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781565847941","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}