The Responsibility of Intellectuals
Reflections by Noam Chomsky and Others after 50 years
With the publication of 'The Responsibility ofIntellectuals' half a century ago, Noam Chomsky burst onto the US politicalscene as a leading critic of the war in Vietnam. Privilege, he argues, brings with it the responsibility to tell the truthand expose lies, but our intellectual culture only pays lip-service to thisideal. The essay has been described as 'the singlemost influential piece of anti-war literature' of the Vietnam war period. Since then,Chomsky has continued to equip a growing international audience with the factsand arguments needed to understand - and change - our world. According to The New York Times, Chomsky 'may be the most…
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Weitere Autoren: Knight, Chris (Hrsg.) / Smith, Neil (Hrsg.) / Chomsky, Noam (Komment.)
- ISBN: 978-1-78735-554-5
- EAN: 9781787355545
- Produktnummer: 33055822
- Verlag: UCL Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'006 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
Über den Autor
Nicholas Allott is senior lecturer in English language at the University of Oslo and co-author of Chomsky: Ideas and Ideals.Chris Knight is a research fellow at University College London and author of Decoding Chomsky: Science and revolutionary politics.Neil Smith is emeritus professor of linguistics at UCL and co-author of Chomsky: Ideas and Ideals among many other books.
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