The Chomsky Effect : A Radical Works Beyond the Ivory Tower - Robert F Barsky

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The Chomsky Effect

A Radical Works Beyond the Ivory Tower

By: Robert F Barsky

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Paperback | 18 September 2009

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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 Chavez 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 his subject's positions on a number of highly charged issues--Chomsky's signature issues, including Vietnam, Israel, East Timor, and his work in linguistics--that illustrate not only "the Chomsky effect" but also "the Chomsky approach." Chomsky, writes Barsky, is an inspiration and a catalyst. Not just an analyst or advocate, he encourages people to become engaged--to be "dangerous" and challenge power and privilege. The actions and reactions of Chomsky supporters and detractors and the attending contentiousness can be thought of as "the Chomsky effect." Barsky discusses Chomsky's work in such areas as language studies, media, education, law, and politics, and identifies Chomsky's intellectual and political precursors. He charts anti-Chomsky sentiments as expressed from various standpoints, including contemporary Zionism, mainstream politics, and scholarly communities. He discusses Chomsky's popular appeal--his unlikely status as a punk and rock hero (Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam is one of many rock and roll Chomskyites)--and offers in-depth analyses of the controversies surrounding Chomsky's roles in the "Faurisson Affair" and the "Pol Pot Affair." Finally, Barsky considers the role of the public intellectual in order to assess why Noam Chomsky has come to mean so much to so many--and what he may mean to generations to come.

Industry Reviews

Barsky does a spectacular job of offering an essential introduction to Chomsky's works.

-Shih-Yu Chou, Political Studies Review

The insights into Chomsky as a person, notably in the many extracts from his correspondence and remarks by friends and colleagues, are fascinating.

-Raphael Salkie, Times Higher Education Supplement

This book should be read by anyone interested in the existing or potential role for public intellectuals in American society and in politics, particularly.

-Richard C. Collins, Virginia Quarterly Review

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Preface	p. ix
Dissent	p. 1
The Chomsky Effect Within and Beyond the Ivory Tower	p. 3
Resisting and Reviling the Chomsky Effect	p. 43
Effective Precursors	p. 105
Anarchists, Cartesians, Liberals, and the Radical Left
Milieus	p. 159
Just Effects	p. 161
Chomsky on Law, Ethics, and Human Rights
Effective Teaching	p. 191
From Catalyst to Institute Professor
Obfuscating the Chomsky Effect	p. 221
Media, Propaganda, and Postmodern Language Studies
Literature, Humor, and the Effects of Creative Discourses	p. 265
The Effective ôPublicö Intellectual	p. 297
Notes	p. 325
Bibliography	p. 351
Index	p. 369
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