Noam Chomsky




Noam Chomsky

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December 07, 1928

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The United States

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Avram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, political activist, author, and lecturer. He is an Institute Professor and professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Chomsky is credited with the creation of the theory of generative grammar, considered to be one of the most significant contributions to the field of linguistics made in the 20th century. He also helped spark the cognitive revolution in psychology through his review of B. F. Skinner's Verbal Behavior, in which he challenged the behaviorist approach to the study of behavior and language dominant in the 1950s. His naturalistic approach to the study of language has affected the philosophy of language and mind. He is also cre...more




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War, Peace and Obama's Nobel


War, Peace and Obama's Nobel. In These Times. November 5, 2009.

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Hegemony or Survival: America'... Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance
by Noam Chomsky
avg rating 3.99 — 1,425 ratings — published 2003
17 editions
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Manufacturing Consent: The Pol... Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
by Noam Chomsky, Edward S. Herman
avg rating 4.25 — 994 ratings — published 1988
4 editions
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9-11 9-11
by Noam Chomsky
avg rating 3.71 — 768 ratings — published 2001
9 editions
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Failed States: The Abuse of Po... Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy
by Noam Chomsky
avg rating 4.03 — 675 ratings — published 2007
11 editions
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Understanding Power: The Indis... Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky
by Noam Chomsky
avg rating 4.32 — 571 ratings — published 2002
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Media Control: The Spectacular... Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda
by Noam Chomsky
avg rating 3.99 — 426 ratings — published 1997
7 editions
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Imperial Ambitions: Conversati... Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World
by Noam Chomsky, David Barsamian
avg rating 4.03 — 378 ratings — published 2005
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The Chomsky Reader The Chomsky Reader
by Noam Chomsky
avg rating 3.86 — 368 ratings — published 1987
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What Uncle Sam Really Wants What Uncle Sam Really Wants (The Real Story Series)
by Noam Chomsky
avg rating 3.95 — 357 ratings — published 1992
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Profit Over People: Neoliberal... Profit Over People: Neoliberalism & Global Order
by Noam Chomsky, Robert W. McChesney
avg rating 3.99 — 349 ratings — published 1998
6 editions
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"If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all."
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"The whole educational and professional training system is a very elaborate filter, which just weeds out people who are too independent, and who think for themselves, and who don't know how to be submissive, and so on -- because they're dysfunctional to the institutions."
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"Colorless green ideas sleep furiously."
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