Name: Objectivity and Liberal Scholarship
SKU: 1671809
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Author: Noam Chomsky
ISBN: 9781565848580

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Type

Physical Book

Author

Noam Chomsky

Publisher

New Press

Language

English

Pages

131

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21x14x1.1 cm

Weight

0.19 kg.

ISBN

1565848586

ISBN13

9781565848580

Synopsis "Objectivity and Liberal Scholarship"

Noam Chomsky's classic critique of the ideology of liberalism that justified American imperialist foreign policy during the 1960s--a critique that remains relevant to this day "Provocative . . . Chomsky establishes the premise that the U.S. presence in Southeast Asia was little more than updated imperialism." --Publishers Weekly Objectivity and Liberal Scholarship is Noam Chomsky's powerful indictment of a liberal intelligentsia that provided self-serving arguments for war in Vietnam, legitimizing U.S. commitment to autocratic rule, intervention in Asia and, ultimately, the "pacification" of millions. As America today continues to engage in "regime change" in the Middle East and South America and elsewhere in the world, Chomsky's words remain prophetic. Included here is Chomsky's classic analysis of the Spanish Civil War as a revolutionary war from below, laying bare scholarly elites' hostility to mass movements and social change. This hostility, and the technocratic neoliberalism birthed in its wake, reveals not objectivity, but its opposite--the use of ideology to mask self-interest and obeisance to power. Objectivity and Liberal Scholarship is a crucial contribution to our age, and an indispensable lens through which to consider mainstream justifications for militarism today.

Noam Chomsky

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Noam Chomsky (born in 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, and political activist, considered one of the most influential intellectual figures of the 20th century. He revolutionized linguistics with his theory of generative grammar, introduced in Syntactic Structures (1957), and further developed in Aspects of the Theory of Syntax (1965). His approach transformed the study of language, linking it to cognition and the human mind. In 2019, he was awarded the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Humanities for his exceptional contributions to the study of human language.

In addition to his work in linguistics, Chomsky is known for his critique of the media and US foreign policy. Along with Edward S. Herman, he co-wrote Manufacturing Consent (1988), where they present the model of media propaganda. Other notable works include Hegemony or Survival (2003), which analyzes US foreign policy, and Reflections on Language (1975), where he defends a rationalist perspective on human nature. His output spans political essays, linguistics, and philosophy, consolidating his legacy as a critical and multidisciplinary thinker.

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