NUCLEAR WAR AND ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE
Book ID/图书代码： 12070012B59508
English Summary/英文概要： “There are two problems for our species’ survival—nuclear war and environmental catastrophe," says Noam Chomsky in this new book on the two existential threats of our time and their points of intersection since World War II.
While a nuclear strike would require action, environmental catastrophe is partially defined by willful inaction in response to human-induced climate change. Denial of the facts is only half the equation. Other contributing factors include extreme techniques for the extraction of remaining carbon deposits, the elimination of agricultural land for bio-fuel, the construction of dams, and the destruction of forests that are crucial for carbon sequestration.
On the subject of current nuclear tensions, Chomsky revisits the long-established option of a nuclear-weapon-free zone (NWFZ) in the Middle East, a proposal set in motion through a joint Egyptian-Iranian General Assembly resolution in 1974.
Intended as a warning, Nuclear War and Environmental Catastrophe is also a reminder that talking about the unspeakable can still be done with humor, wit and indomitable spirit.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： “我们人类的生存面临着两个问题——核战争和环境灾难，” Noam Chomsky在这本新书中说到关于俩个潜在威胁我们的时代和自二战以来它们的交点。”
虽然核打击需要采取行动，环境灾难部分定义为故意的在人类活动引起气候变化中不作回应。否认事实是只有一半的方程。其他因素包括剩余碳提取的极端技术，消除生物燃料的农业用地，修建水坝，破坏森林这些对碳固定都是至关重要的。
关于当前核紧张局势，Chomsky重现了悠久历史的选择关于在中东成立一个无核武器区建议，于1974年联合埃及和伊朗的大会决议通过议案。
意在警告，核战争和环境灾难也是一个难以用言语表达的但可以通过幽默，机智和不屈不挠的精神完成的提醒。(LNL)
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About the Author/作者介绍： Noam Chomsky于1928年出生在费城。他曾就读于宾夕法尼亚大学，他于1955年在那里获得了语言学博士。他成为麻省理工学院职员并于1976年被任命为学院教授，因在语言习得理解方面做了突出贡献成为国际知名人士。作为一个激进的知识分子并于1988年他的书获得了版权。Chomsky写了广泛的语言学，哲学，思想史，当代的问题，国际事务和美国外交政策演讲。他的观点世界各地的科学和政治思想产生了深远的影响。
LARAY POLK出生于俄克拉何马州的凯文 - 杜兰特，现在住在得克萨斯州达拉斯市。她是一个多媒体艺术家和作家。她的文章和调查报告曾出现在《达拉斯晨报》，《D杂志》和《在当代》。 2009年获得国家研究所的研究基金。她引起了在坐落于靠近奥加拉拉含水层的得克萨斯州建立放射性废物处置场背后的政治纠葛和妥协的科学的故事。
NOAM CHOMSKY was born in Philadelphia in 1928. He studied at the University of Pennsylvania where he received his PhD in linguistics in 1955. He joined the staff at MIT and was appointed Institute Professor in 1976, gaining international renown for his contributions to the understanding of language acquisition. He became famous as a radical intellectual with the publication of his book, Manufacturing Consent, in 1988. Chomsky has written and lectured widely on linguistics, philosophy, intellectual history, contemporary issues, international affairs and US foreign policy. His views have profoundly influenced both scientific and political thought around the world.
LARAY POLK was born in Durant, Oklahoma and now lives in Dallas, Texas. She is a multimedia artist and writer. Her articles and investigative reports have appeared in the Dallas Morning News, D Magazine, and In These Times. As a 2009 grant recipient from The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute, she produced stories on the political entanglements and compromised science behind the establishment of a radioactive waste disposal site in Texas, situated in close proximity to the Ogallala Aquifer.
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