Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of Our Time
- Author Noam Chomsky and C. J. Polychroniou
- Narrator Eric Jason Martin
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date 16 January 2025
- Run Time 12 hours and 47 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Biography and non-fiction prose, Geopolitics, Interviews / discussions, Political science and theory, Political structures: democracy, Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship, Politics and government, Society and Social Sciences.
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In these incisive interviews, activist Chomsky addresses the urgent questions of this tumultuous time, speaking to the deterioration of democracy in the United States and rising tensions globally.
He examines the crumbling of the social fabric and the fractures of the Biden era, including the halting steps toward a Green New Deal, the illegitimate authority of the Supreme Court, in particular its decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, and the ongoing fallout from COVID-19. Chomsky also untangles the roots of the War in Ukraine, the diplomatic tensions among the United States, China, and Russia, and considers the need for climate action on an international scale.
Illegitimate Authority exposes those who wield power in their own self-interest and plots framework for how we can stand together and fight against injustice.
‘One of the greatest, most radical public thinkers of our time’ ARUNDHATI ROY
'The West's most prominent critic of US imperialism . . . the closest thing in the English-speaking world to an intellectual superstar' Guardian
'Will there ever again be a public intellectual who commands the attention of so many across the planet?' New Statesman
© Noam Chomsky and C. J. Polychroniou 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
| Author | Noam Chomsky and C. J. Polychroniou |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Eric Jason Martin |
| Duration | 12 hours and 47 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781405978637 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Genre | Biography and non-fiction prose, Geopolitics, Interviews / discussions, Political science and theory, Political structures: democracy, Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship, Politics and government, Society and Social Sciences |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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