cover image Powers and Prospects: Reflections on Human Nature and the Social Order

Powers and Prospects: Reflections on Human Nature and the Social Order

Noam Chomsky, Et. South End Press, $40 (244pp) ISBN 978-0-89608-536-7

The prolific linguist and political pundit has two new books out this season. In May, Common Courage will bring out Class Warfare, the third in a series of interviews between Chomsky and David Barsamian, director of Alternative Radio. At a time when downsizing, the demise of unions and other factors are leading to an increased income gap between rich and poor, Chomsky analyzes some of the reasons and offers solutions. ($15 ISBN 1-56751-092-2; cloth $29.95 -093-0). Then in June, South End will release a more wide-ranging collection of essays on language, human nature and foreign policy with Power and Prospects: Reflections on Human Nature and the Social Order ($16 ISBN 0-89608-535-X; cloth $40 -536-8)