Understanding Power

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| author = Noam Chomsky

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| country = United States

| language = English

| subject = Power (social and political); hegemony

| publisher = The New Press

| published = February 1, 2002{{cite book|title=Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/194805.Understanding_Power|website=Goodreads|isbn=978-1-56584-703-3 |access-date=4 April 2018}}

| media_type = Print

| pages = 416

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| isbn = 978-1-56584-703-3

| oclc = 46936001

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| congress = P85.C47 U5 2002

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Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky, published in 2002, is a collection of previously unpublished transcripts of seminars, talks, and question-and-answer sessions conducted by Noam Chomsky from 1989 to 1999.{{cite book |last1=Mitchell |first1=Peter R. |last2=Schoeffel |first2=John |date=2002 |chapter=Editors' Preface |title=Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky |url=https://archive.org/details/understandingpow00chom |url-access=registration |location=New York |publisher=The New Press

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The transcripts were compiled and edited by Peter R. Mitchell and John Schoeffel. Mitchell and Schoeffel are public defenders in New York.{{Cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-56584-703-3 |title=Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky |author= |website=Publishers Weekly |access-date=11 December 2013}}{{Cite web |url=http://thenewpress.com/index.php?option=com_title&task=view_title&metaproductid=1574 |title=Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky |publisher=The New Press |access-date=11 December 2013}}

Content

The book's ten chapters draw on discussions at various speaking engagements in the United States and Canada.

"Weekend Teach-In: Opening Session" (Rowe, Massachusetts, 15–16 April 1989)
"Teach-In: Over Coffee" (Rowe, Massachusetts, 15–16 April 1989)
"Teach-In: Evening" (Rowe, Massachusetts, 15–16 April 1989)
"Colloquy" (Fort Collins, Colorado, 10 April 1990)
"Ruling the World" (New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, Colorado, Illinois, and Ontario in 1990 and 1993–96)
"Community Activists" (British Columbia, Massachusetts, Illinois, Maryland, and Wyoming in 1989 and 1993–96)
"Intellectuals and Social Change" (Woods Hole and Rowe, Massachusetts in 1989 and 1993–94)
"Popular Struggle" (Massachusetts, Maryland, Ontario, California, and Wyoming in 1989 and 1993–96)
"Movement Organizing" (Woods Hole, Massachusetts in 1993 and 1996)
"Turning Point" (Illinois, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York, and Maryland in 1994–96 and 1999)