12 essential books by Noam Chomsky

A compilation of the best works of the American psycholinguist and activist.

Noam Chomsky has been one of the most important figures in linguistics and semiotics.

His ideas were a blow to the behaviorist theories on language, especially those defended by B. F. Skinner. F. Skinner. But, in addition, Chomsky has also been an activist, a thinker and an intellectual who has reflected on how power and inequality have an impact on the way we perceive the world.

Anyone who wants to delve into the thought of this author would do well to start with his writings, so we have made a selection of the best Noam Chomsky books for inquiring minds.

Noam Chomsky's books in English

This is a selection of Chomsky's most important, relevant and accessible books.

1. The Fear of Democracy

In this book, Chomsky points out various mechanisms of thought control that favor a vision of the world in which the foreign policy of the United States is perceived as a task of protecting the reign of peace, no matter what happens and no matter how violent the actions promoted may be. Throughout its pages he dissects the style of patriotic propaganda being pushed in the U.S. and the impact it has on the American public. and the impact it has on the thinking patterns of the population.

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2. How the world works

One of Noam Chomsky's books in which he gives an overview of the gives an overview of the transnational forces that, according to this thinker, are driving which, according to this thinker, are driving the great planetary changes and the great cultural transformations that have taken place recently.

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3. On power and ideology

For Noam Chomsky, the role of ideology has a determining weight in our way of understanding the world, whether in general or in its smallest details.whether in a general way or in its smallest details. This book gathers a series of lectures about a double tendency that characterizes us: to generate beliefs and provisional theories about how reality is based on very little information and, at the same time, to reject very clear and evident data that we frequently come across.

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4. Illusionists

A unique case in which Noam Chomsky preferred to publish a Spanish edition of the book rather than its English version.. In Illusionists, Chomsky exposes his concerns about what are the main obstacles to the development of a scenario in which people can live in equality of rights and with guaranteed minimum standards of well-being. These include the ease with which large corporate networks can run countries from the shadows, the pressure from lobbies lobbies to push through laws and overturn others without going through the electoral system, and globalization.

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5. The culture of terrorism

In the line of other books by Noam Chomsky, this one also reviews the the strategies that have been followed by the United States to justify military interventions in the name of peace. in the name of peace. In this case, it focuses on the Reagan administration and its war against a non-existent enemy, "global communism", which allowed it to operate directly on much weaker sovereign territories. A work reminiscent of the frentism described in George Orwell's novel 1984.

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6. Human nature: justice versus power

The book in which the transcript of one of the most interesting debates of those broadcast on television is offereda dialogue between Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault. In this book they present their philosophical positions and, from there, develop their vision of geopolitics, culture and the nature of inequalities.

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7. Hopes and realities

In the pages of this work Chomsky explains the basis of the various political and economic failures and crises that have occurred in the world in recent decades, and also points out where the causes of the various failures and crises can be found.He also points out where the most promising ingredients for change can be found from an activist point of view.

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8. It's all about profit: neoliberalism and global order

One of Chomsky's books in which the author focuses more on the author focuses more on analyzing neoliberalism as a global phenomenon.. Here he reflects on the incompatibility between the principles of democracy and the logics from which the market operates, the necessary relationship between the creation of wealth in neoliberalism and the maintenance of a State that defends its own interests, and the way in which large fortunes are able to make the world change without exposing themselves to the people's vote.

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9. Essential Chomsky

This book contains texts by Chomsky in which you can recognize the main points of his thought in relation to various topics. A good option for people looking for an introductory book to Noam Chomsky's thought..

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10. Reasons for Anarchy

This book gathers a series of texts by Chomsky in which the thinker explains why the major economic and political problems must be approached from a collectivist and anti-authoritarian point of view.. In the pages of Razones para la anarquía his left-wing thinking is very clear.

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Other books by Noam Chomsky

These are some of Chomsky's books that are not available in Spanish. are not available in Spanish but can be obtained in English..

11. Language and mind

A summary of Chomsky's vision about language and semiotics. To see the evolution of his thought in the field that made him famous.

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12. Secrets, lies and democracy

In this book Chomsky discusses the mechanisms used by large oligarchies to influence politics unchallenged, the totalitarian nature of states and why this feedback mechanism explains the growth of inequality.

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Interested in recommending other works by Chomsky?

If you have read other books and writings by Chomsky and are interested in sharing and recommending them, you can do so in the comments section. At the same time, if you are very interested in this author and want to go deeper into his work, you can see the recommendations of others to choose your reading depending on your areas of interest..

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