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Noam Chomsky

Born

in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The United States

December 07, 1928

Website

http://www.chomsky.info

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Linguistics, Politics, Philosophy

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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 credited with t ...more

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The Kind of Anarchism I Believe in, and What's Wrong with Libertarians

The Kind of Anarchism I Believe in, and What's Wrong with Libertarians

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	Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance 3.97 avg rating — 13,357 ratings — published 2003 — 66 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Who Rules the World? 4.04 avg rating — 9,888 ratings — published 2014 — 63 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky by Noam Chomsky, John Schoeffel (Editor), R. Mitchell (Editor) 4.42 avg rating — 8,519 ratings — published 2002 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda 4.02 avg rating — 7,501 ratings — published 1995 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Profit Over People: Neoliberalism and Global Order by Noam Chomsky, Robert W. McChesney (Introduction) 4.03 avg rating — 6,724 ratings — published 1998 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chomsky On Anarchism by Noam Chomsky, Barry Pateman (Editor) 3.94 avg rating — 5,654 ratings — published 2010 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy 3.99 avg rating — 5,487 ratings — published 2006 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How the World Works (Real Story by Noam Chomsky, David Barsamian, Arthur Naiman (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.15 avg rating — 4,282 ratings — published 2011 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Palestine by Noam Chomsky, Ilan Pappé, Frank Barat (Editor) 4.13 avg rating — 3,618 ratings — published 2015 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	9-11 3.74 avg rating — 3,903 ratings — published 2001 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“We shouldn't be looking for heroes, we should be looking for good ideas.”
― Noam Chomsky

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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.”
― Noam Chomsky

tags: belief, believe, despise, expression, freedom, freedom-of-expression

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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.”
― Noam Chomsky

tags: education, education-system, instituions

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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory de Caitlin Doughty

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The Rising Sun: The Decline & Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-45 de John Toland

13 votes, 24.1%

Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda de Noam Chomsky

11 votes, 20.4%

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power de Shoshana Zuboff

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Civilized to Death: What Was Lost on the Way to Modernity de Christopher Ryan

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