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Chomsky ve Küreselleşme
Milenyumdan psikanalize, kuantum kuramından kaçıklık kuramına kadar bir dizi temayı işleyen Postmodern Hesaplaşmalar serisi, her biri çağdaş düşüncenin keskin ucunda duran anahtar bir fikri ele alan ve yirmi birinci yüzyıl düşüncesinin temellerini atmış paradigmatik düşünür ve beyinlerin yaklaşımlarını anlaşılır bir dille ortaya koyan kitaplardan oluşmaktadır.
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First published February 26, 1997
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July 5, 2010
Avram Noam Chomsky; born December 7, 1928 is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, and political activist. He is an Institute Professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Chomsky is well known in the academic and scientific community as one of the fathers of modern linguistics. Since the 1960s, he has become known more widely as a political dissident and an anarchist.
(Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_Cho...)
The book “Chomsky and Globalisation” dives headfirst into the subject and Chomsky’s view on its relationship with worldwide inequalities. It can be read in an hour or two and covers ideas such as the global market and how it is rigged for the wealthy, the glorification of capitalism, imperialism, and the restructuring of debt.
When asked to define globalization Chomsky has often quoted Canadian writer Gerald Helleiner who summed it up as so,
"The poor complain; they always do,
But that's just idle chatter.
Our system brings rewards to all,
At least to all who matter."
Although concise and well written, I found parts of the book sailing over my head. If you have a thick background in Macroeconomic theory then all the acronyms and jargon will read much easier; I on the other hand found myself reading paragraphs twice in order to get a basic understanding about what Chomsky meant. Despite the fog here and there I did eventually make it through, and although I’m not sure it wasn’t anything I didn’t already know, at least in a general sense, the book did come across as factual, specific, and quite disturbing.
There was one paragraph in the book which I found particularly alarming because I had noticed it independently in my own classroom work, i.e. Macro and Micro-Economic theory. “On matters of foreign policy, Chomsky often refers to the high level of indoctrination in his country, which makes most people – accept the government line. The reason for this, he explains, is that the educated masses are subjected to a constant flow of propaganda. It is largely directed at them because they are more important, so they have to be more closely controlled. Furthermore, ‘The educated masses become the instruments of propaganda.’” So not only have I noticed this indoctrination at the college level in the United States, but even recently at a grade school level, with the actors of political theatre trying to play revisionist historians as they attempt to remove Jeffersonian ideas, articles on civil rights, and Tejano facts from children’s textbooks.
This is a fascinating book if you are at all intrigued by macroeconomics, the effects of capitalism, or the new world order.
A remarkable fact to chew on: “United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) reported that the assets of the world’s 358 billionaires exceeded the combined incomes of 45 percent of the world’s population.”
And that was in 2000…
(Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_Cho...)
The book “Chomsky and Globalisation” dives headfirst into the subject and Chomsky’s view on its relationship with worldwide inequalities. It can be read in an hour or two and covers ideas such as the global market and how it is rigged for the wealthy, the glorification of capitalism, imperialism, and the restructuring of debt.
When asked to define globalization Chomsky has often quoted Canadian writer Gerald Helleiner who summed it up as so,
"The poor complain; they always do,
But that's just idle chatter.
Our system brings rewards to all,
At least to all who matter."
Although concise and well written, I found parts of the book sailing over my head. If you have a thick background in Macroeconomic theory then all the acronyms and jargon will read much easier; I on the other hand found myself reading paragraphs twice in order to get a basic understanding about what Chomsky meant. Despite the fog here and there I did eventually make it through, and although I’m not sure it wasn’t anything I didn’t already know, at least in a general sense, the book did come across as factual, specific, and quite disturbing.
There was one paragraph in the book which I found particularly alarming because I had noticed it independently in my own classroom work, i.e. Macro and Micro-Economic theory. “On matters of foreign policy, Chomsky often refers to the high level of indoctrination in his country, which makes most people – accept the government line. The reason for this, he explains, is that the educated masses are subjected to a constant flow of propaganda. It is largely directed at them because they are more important, so they have to be more closely controlled. Furthermore, ‘The educated masses become the instruments of propaganda.’” So not only have I noticed this indoctrination at the college level in the United States, but even recently at a grade school level, with the actors of political theatre trying to play revisionist historians as they attempt to remove Jeffersonian ideas, articles on civil rights, and Tejano facts from children’s textbooks.
This is a fascinating book if you are at all intrigued by macroeconomics, the effects of capitalism, or the new world order.
A remarkable fact to chew on: “United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) reported that the assets of the world’s 358 billionaires exceeded the combined incomes of 45 percent of the world’s population.”
And that was in 2000…
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December 24, 2016
كتاب خوبي بود كه عمدتا شامل ديدگاه هاي چامسكي درخصوص جنبه هاي منفي اقتصاد جهاني شده و به بيان خودش نئوليبرال و اقدامات ايالات متحده در دست درازي ها بر اقتصاد كشورهاي جهان سوم است. چامسكي بدون شك يكي از نخبه هاي در قيد حيات است كه در خصوص جهاني شدن به شيوه اي كه اكنون دارد اتفاق مي افتد انتقادات جدي دارد. او به نوعي ليبرترين سوسياليست است، هرچند بيشتر بخش هاي اين كتاب به نقد عملكرد ايالات متحده و شيوه جهاني شدن مي پردازد كمتر دربردارنده ي نظريات خود او از شكل اقتصادي مدنظرش يا جهاني شدن ايده عال كه به واسطه توسعه فناوري اطلاعات درحال شكل گيري است مي باشد كه اين از نظر من يك نقص بزرگ كتاب است، اما شايد اين خود به گونه اي بازتاب شخصيت سياسي شخص چامسكي است كه بيشتر به شجاعت در بيان نقد سياسي مشهور است تا ديدگاه هاي جامع و يكپارچه در خصوص مدل هاي اقتصادي يا سياسي. او از آدام اسميت به عنوان يك انديشمند بزرگ ياد مي كند كه دغدغه اش بيشتر متوجه ثروت ملل بوده تا منافع ملي كه از ديدگاه فني گاه شديدا متضاد يكديگر اند.
در هر حال به طور قطع مي توان گفت چامسكي حامي بدون شك عدالت و آزادي انسان است و اين آرمان هاي انتزاعي در مطالعات زبان شناسي او هم بي تاثير نبوده اند.
من كتاب ترجمه فارسي اين را خوانده ام كه ترجمه محسن محمودي است و چون اين نسخه را در گودريدز پيدا نكرده ام اينجا ريويو خودم را نوشتم.
در هر حال به طور قطع مي توان گفت چامسكي حامي بدون شك عدالت و آزادي انسان است و اين آرمان هاي انتزاعي در مطالعات زبان شناسي او هم بي تاثير نبوده اند.
من كتاب ترجمه فارسي اين را خوانده ام كه ترجمه محسن محمودي است و چون اين نسخه را در گودريدز پيدا نكرده ام اينجا ريويو خودم را نوشتم.
October 29, 2021
A longer essay explaining general concepts, ideas and macroeconomics to readers. I picked up this book to learn more about Chomsky but it ended up being a refresher on his ideas. Not a lot of evidence to back up arguments (its a summary after all) nor different ideas I was expecting. Partly because this book is old (early 2000s, read 20 years later) and partly bcuz Chomsky’s ideas are kind of mainstream.
Some info was interesting such as how 70% of global economy is speculative (no real value/cash/assets, merely digits on paper or screen).
Some info was interesting such as how 70% of global economy is speculative (no real value/cash/assets, merely digits on paper or screen).
September 17, 2019
Me encanta Chomsky, pero este libro me pareció una cagada. Lo leí en un ratito, así que al menos no perdí tanto tiempo.
El tipo analiza un poco el pensamiento de Chomsky, pero no aporta nada interesante. Nada.
El tipo analiza un poco el pensamiento de Chomsky, pero no aporta nada interesante. Nada.
May 29, 2023
A summary of Chomsky’s ideas on neo liberalism. It describes globalisation in detail.
August 4, 2024
A quick book on Globalization. I wish it was more in depth, but I believe it is meant for people who have more knowledge on this topic and are familiar with Noam Chomsky.
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