Keyword: imperialism

Noam Chomsky: The Unipolar Moment and the Culture of Imperialism

Noam Chomsky recently delivered the 5th annual Edward Said Lecture at Columbia University.  According to Chomsky, Said's greatest achievement as a literary critic was to put imperialism at the centre of western civilization. Said comprehensively uncovered and explored the different manifestations and impact of imperialism. Chomsky's lecture highlights events that opened the way to the famous unipolar moment that led to unchallenged US global hegemony 20 years ago -- the fall of the...