Year 501: The Conquest Continues

First edition
(publ. South End Press, Boston)

Year 501: The Conquest Continues, by Noam Chomsky, first published in 1993, outlines a history of the world from 1492 to 1992 as a response to celebrations of the Columbus Quincentenary. Chomsky describes the book as "concerned with central themes of the 500-year European conquest of the world that was commemorated on October 12, 1992 the forms they are likely to assume in the coming years."[1]

Chomsky referenced the forthcoming book in a September 1992 article[2] and gave the fourth Raymond Williams Memorial Lecture lecture in London in November 1992 on the topic "Year 501".[3] First published in English (1993),[4] translated into Spanish (1993),[5] German (1993),[6] Portuguese (1993),[7] Greek (1994),[8] Italian (1994),[9] French (1995),[10] Arabic (1996),[11] Serbian (1998),[12] Polish (1999),[13] Korean (2000).[14] A new edition with a new preface was publish in English in 2015 by Haymarket Books and Pluto Press. The new edition was also published in French (2016) [15] and Turkish (2017).[16]

Chomsky's book Rethinking Camelot: JFK, the Vietnam War, and U.S. Political Culture started off as chapters for Year 501 but was developed into its own book.[1]

  1. ^ a b Chomsky, Noam (2001). Rethinking Camelot: JFK, the Vietnam War, and U.S. political culture (3. Dr. ed.). Boston, Mass: South End Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-89608-458-2.
  2. ^ Chomsky, Noam (1 September 1992). "Vain Hopes, False Dreams". Z Magazine.
  3. ^ "Noam Chomsky - 1992-11-25 - Year 501 - Raymond Williams Memorial Lecture - London - Improved Sound". Internet Archive. 25 November 1992.
  4. ^ Chomsky, Noam (1993). Year 501: the conquest continues. Boston: South End Press. ISBN 978-0-89608-445-2.
  5. ^ Chomsky, Noam (1993). Año 501 (in Spanish). ISBN 978-84-7954-128-6.
  6. ^ Chomsky, Noam; Haupt, Michael; Chomsky, Noam (1993). Wirtschaft und Gewalt: vom Kolonialismus zur Neuen Weltordnung (1. Aufl ed.). Lüneburg: zu Klampen. ISBN 978-3-924245-31-3.
  7. ^ Chomsky, Noam (1993). Ano 501 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Pagina Aberta. ISBN 978-85-85328-54-2.
  8. ^ Chomsky, Noam (1994). Etos 501 (in Greek). Athēna: Topos. ISBN 978-960-8425-01-9.
  9. ^ Chomsky, Noam (2002). Anno 501 la conquista continua. L'epopea dell'imperialismo dal genocidio coloniale ai nostri giorni (in Italian) (1st ed.). Roma: Gamberetti. ISBN 978-88-7990-004-1.
  10. ^ Chomsky, Noam; Labarre, Christian (1995). L'an 501: la conquête continue. Montréal Bruxelles: Ed. Ecosociété Ed. EPO. ISBN 978-2-921561-19-8.
  11. ^ Chomsky, Noam (1 January 1996). سنة 501 الغزو مستمر (in Arabic). دار المدى للثقافة والنشر.
  12. ^ Chomsky, Noam (1998). Godina 501 (in Serbian) (1st ed.). Novi Sad: Svetovi. ISBN 978-86-7047-198-6.
  13. ^ Chomsky, Noam (1999). Rok 501 (in Polish). Naukowe PWN SA. ISBN 978-83-01-12797-8.
  14. ^ 촘스키, 노암 (2000). 507년 정복은 계속된다 (in Korean). 이후 (published March 2000). ISBN 9788988105139.
  15. ^ Chomsky, Noam (2016). L'an 501 (in French). Translated by Labarre, Christian. Ecosociete Eds. ISBN 978-2-89719-266-2.
  16. ^ Chomsky, Noam (2017). Yıl 501-Fetih Devam Ediyor [Year 501: The Conquest Continues] (in Turkish). Translated by Gülmen, Mengü. İthaki Yayınları. ISBN 9786053756996.