{"product_id":"between-thought-and-expression-lies-a-lifetime-why-ideas-matter-9781629638805","title":"Between Thought and Expression Lies a Lifetime: Why Ideas Matter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The world is full of information. What do we do when we get the information, when we have digested the information, what do we do then? Is there a point where ye say, yes, stop, now I shall move on.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis exhilarating collection of essays, interviews, and correspondence--spanning the years 1988 through 2018, and reaching back a decade more--is about the simple concept that ideas matter. They mutate, inform, create fuel for thought, and inspire actions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs Kelman says, the State relies on our suffocation, that we cannot hope to learn \"the truth. But whether we can or not is beside the point. We must grasp the nettle, we assume control and go forward.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBetween Thought and Expression Lies a Lifetime\u003c\/em\u003e is an impassioned, elucidating, and often humorous collaboration. Philosophical and intimate, it is a call to ponder, imagine, explore, and act.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChomsky, Noam:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eNoam Chomsky is a laureate professor at the University of Arizona and professor emeritus in the MIT Department of Linguistics and Philosophy. His work is widely credited with having revolutionized the field of modern linguistics and Chomsky is one of the foremost critics of U.S. foreign policy. He has published numerous groundbreaking books, articles, and essays on global politics, history, and linguistics. His recent books include \u003cem\u003eWho Rules the World?\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHopes and Prospects\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKelman, James:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJames Kelman is a Scottish novelist, short story writer, playwright, and essayist whose many literary awards include the Booker and James Tait Black prizes. He was born in Glasgow in 1946 and left school in 1961, moving around and passing through Los Angeles for a brief period in the mid-1960s then in various jobs in various places in England. He started writing at the age of twenty-two: ramblings, musings, sundry phantasmagoria, stories, whatever. In 1969 while working in London he met and married Marie Connors from South Wales. They settled in Glasgow, where he has lived as writer, father, and grandfather. Kelman has been a vocal supporter of the Kurdish people and campaigns regularly with Scottish Solidarity with Kurdistan. For further information go to jameskelman.net.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PM Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50448308109586,"sku":"9781629638805","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dde5d269-ca4d-4538-9976-43b91908b2e0.jpg?v=1737119475","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/between-thought-and-expression-lies-a-lifetime-why-ideas-matter-9781629638805","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}