Chomsky Effect A Radical Works Beyond the Ivory Tower

Name: Chomsky Effect A Radical Works Beyond the Ivory Tower
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ISBN: 9780262026246

ISBN-10: 0262026244

ISBN-13: 9780262026246

Edition: 2007

Authors: Robert F. Barsky

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"People are dangerous. If they're able to involve themselves in issues that matter, they may change the distribution of power, to the detriment of those who are rich and privileged." --Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky has been praised by the likes of Bono and Hugo Chaacute;vez and attacked by the likes of Tom Wolfe and Alan Dershowitz. Groundbreaking linguist and outspoken political dissenter--voted "most important public intellectual in the world today" in a 2005 magazine poll--Chomsky inspires fanatical devotion and fierce vituperation. In The Chomsky Effect,Chomsky biographer Robert Barsky examines Chomsky's positions on a number of highly charged issues--Chomsky's signature issues, including…

Book details

List price: $7.75
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 9/14/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English



Preface



Dissent



The Chomsky Effect Within and Beyond the Ivory Tower



Resisting and Reviling the Chomsky Effect



Effective Precursors


Anarchists, Cartesians, Liberals, and the Radical Left



Milieus



Just Effects


Chomsky on Law, Ethics, and Human Rights



Effective Teaching


From Catalyst to Institute Professor



Obfuscating the Chomsky Effect


Media, Propaganda, and Postmodern Language Studies



Literature, Humor, and the Effects of Creative Discourses



The Effective "Public" Intellectual


Notes


Bibliography


Index