Book Talk: The Myth of American Idealism
We discuss Noam Chomsky's new book with his co-author, Nathan J. Robinson

The  language of US idealism (like the “civilizing missions” of empires before it) has always contained immense amounts of deception, and even more dangerously self-deception. Worse than the hypocrisy involved has been the tendency – remarked by acute observers during the Vietnam War – for a belief in American democratic crusades actively to encourage the violation of laws and principles to which America has been ostensibly dedicated. 

Noam Chomsky has for many years been one of the most acute and stringent critics of US foreign policy and its ideological underpinnings. His latest book, The Myth of American Idealism, sums up his lifetime’s work on this subject.
February 2025

13
12:00 PM ET
Sign up today!
REGISTER
Join us for a timely and important discussion with:

Nathan J. Robinson

Nathan J. Robinson is the cofounder and editor in chief of Current Affairs magazine. He is the author of The Myth of American Idealism (with Noam Chomsky), as well as Why You Should Be a Socialist and Responding to the Right, and his articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The New Republic, among others. 

Anatol Lieven (Moderator)

Dr. Anatol Lieven is the director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He was formerly a professor at Georgetown University in Qatar and in the War Studies Department of King’s College London. From 1985 to 1998, Lieven worked as a journalist in South Asia, the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
DONATE

© Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
2000 Pennsylvania Ave NW, #7000, Washington D.C., 20006

Want to change how you receive these emails?
You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.