Noam Chomsky books

[truizm]

What are your favorite Noam Chomsky books?

If you were suggesting these books to someone new to Chomsky, in what order would you have that person read them?

[PretzelWarrior]

1. #1....manufacturing consent

it really describes how evil leaders like Bush can get "support" for things like unilateral destruction of a sovereign nation.

[truizm]

2. re: manufacturing consent

Read that. Read Media Control too. Loved both.

What books should I read next?

[Room101]

3. Here.........

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=552359

[JohnOneillsMemory]

4. 'Understanding Power'- sez it all in only...400 pages. Blew my mind. n/t

[truizm]

5. Re: Understanding Power

Yea, I heard that was a really good book.

I've heard really good these books of his:
On Language
Understanding Power
What Uncle Sam Really Wants
Hegemony or Survival

Any others? Not just limited to his political work.

[lostnfound]

6. Rogue States was good. nt

[youngred]

7. Manufacturing consent then understanding power

Understanding power was collected in the early 90s and late 80s and is still perfectly relevant to today, right to the word. its incredible

[Selwynn]

8. Understanding Power and Rogue States

To me, Understanding Power is as indespensible as Zinn's a People's History of the United States. Two books that should be on every shelf.

[Iverson]

9. go for "easy" first

I think that Manufacturing Consent is probably the most important work, but I recommend against choosing that one first because most readers new to Chomsky find the style a little rough. That book posits a propaganda model that is really valuable, so you want to be at the top of your Chomsky reading game when you take it on.

Others have suggested What Uncle Sam Really Wants. That and 9/11 are good choices. Actually, any of a series of small paperbacks will do.

Stay away from the Linguistics stuff unless you're a grad student or a linguistics major.

[truizm]

10. Linguistics

What linguistic books of his do you suggest?

[truizm]

11. Anyone...

[truizm]

12. bump

[Aidoneus]

13. Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda

it's short and makes a good introduction, can be finished within an hour. Don't read much of his work these days, but he has produced some very important material.

beyond that short piece:--Year 501, What Uncle Sam Really Wants, Manufacturing Consent, Understanding Power, etc..