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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778147703321

Autore

Barsky Robert F

Titolo

The Chomsky effect : a radical works beyond the ivory tower / / Robert F. Barsky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2007

ISBN

1-282-09896-9

9786612098963

0-262-26786-1

1-4356-0309-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (400 p.)

Disciplina

320.51/2

Soggetti

Liberalism

Anarchism

Political science - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-367) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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