Barsky, Robert F.

The Chomsky effect : a radical works beyond the Ivory tower / Robert F. Barsky. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2007. - xviii, 381 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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

Preface -- I: Dissent - 1. The Chomsky effect within and beyond the Ivory tower - 2. Resisting and reviling the Chomsky effect - 3. Effective precursors: anarchists, cartesians, liberals and the radical left -- II: Milieus - 4. Just effects: Chomsky on law, ethics and human rights - 5. Effective teaching: from catalyst to institute professor - 6. Obfuscating the Chomsky effect: media, propaganda, and postmodern language studies - 7. Literature, humor, and the effects of creative discourses - 8. The effective "public" intellectual - Index.

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Chomsky, Noam--Influence.
Chomsky, Noam--Criticism and interpretation.


Liberalism.
Anarchism.
Political science--Philosophy.

320.512 / BAR