The Chomsky Effect: A Radical Works Beyond the Ivory Tower

by Robert F. Barsky

Book Overview

Noam Chomsky as political gadfly, groundbreaking scholar, and intellectual guru: key issues in Chomsky's career and the sometimes contentious reception to his ideas.

"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 Ch vez and attacked...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262513161
• ISBN13: 9780262513166
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher