A series of interviews with Noam Chomsky the world's greatest living public intellectual
about the pressing issues of our timeThe interviews in this volume with the world's greatest
public intellectual alive and one of the most cited scholars in modern history are a sequel
to the collection of interviews that appeared in Illegitimate Authority- Facing the Challenges
of Our Time . They extend and update discussions on some of the most pressing world problems
such as the climate crisis the consequences of the ongoing war in Ukraine and the rising
nuclear risk while exploring at the same time the features of the emerging new world order and
looking at the dangerous new hot zones around the globe. The fascist threat in the United
States and Biden's foreign policy add to concerns both about the future of whatever is left of
American democracy and that of the world at large. However 'optimism over despair' has always
been one of Noam Chomsky's mottos and thus he contends that humanity can avert a climate
catastrophe and a nuclear holocaust. He is 95 years old and still stresses with the same firm
conviction that has characterized his entire extraordinary life that activism is key to
building a better world.
