Noam Chomsky (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert F. Barsky
- First Published: 1997
- Type of Work: Biography
- Time of Work: 1928 to the 1990’s
- Setting: Philadelphia; Cambridge, Massachusetts; and elsewhere
- Principal Characters: Noam Chomsky, Carol Chomsky, William (Zev) Chomsky, Elsi Chomsky, Zellig Sabbetai Harris, Alan Dershowitz, Robert Faurisson
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Social action, Intellectuals, Linguistics or linguists, Vietnam War, Political science, Government, Conformity, Behaviorism
- Locales: Philadelphia, PA, Cambridge, MA
Avram Noam Chomsky is demonstrably the world’s most famous and influential intellectual. Author of seventy books and over a thousand articles, Chomsky also happens to be the most cited living person on earth and on the short list of the most cited figures of all time. Possessed of an extremely formidable intellect, a fanatical work ethic, and an equally fanatical devotion to the truth, Chomsky has had an enormous impact on the field of modern linguistics and perhaps an even greater influence on international politics. His many, exhaustively researched, and utterly convincing critiques...
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