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In a collection of essays, interviews, and correspondence between 1988 and 2018, public intellectuals Chomsky and Kelman highlight the concept that ideas matter--that they mutate, inform, create fuel for thought, and inspire action. Kelman's introductory essay is A Reading from Noam Chomsky and the Scottish Tradition in the Philosophy of Common Sense. Then from the January 1990 two-day conference "Self-Determination & Power" in Glasgow, Scotland are Chomsky's lectures Containing the Threat of Democracy, Common Sense and Freedom, and Terrorizing the Neighborhood: American Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era. That section also includes Kelman's introductions to each day, a response to Chomsky, and an interview with him. More correspondence and conversation follow. Distributed in North America by Publishers Group West. Annotation ©2022 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
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“The world is full of information. What do we do when we get the information, when we have digested the information, what do we do then? Is there a point where ye say, yes, stop, now I shall move on.”This exhilarating collection of essays, interviews, and correspondence—spanning the years 1988 through 2018, and reaching back a decade more—is about the simple concept that ideas matter. They mutate, inform, create fuel for thought, and inspire actions.<.p>As Kelman says, the State relies on our suffocation, that we cannot hope to learn “the truth. But whether we can or not is beside the point. We must grasp the nettle, we assume control and go forward.”Between Thought and Expression Lies a Lifetime is an impassioned, elucidating, and often humorous collaboration. Philosophical and intimate, it is a call to ponder, imagine, explore, and act.
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