Chomsky Effect : A Radical Works Beyond the Ivory Tower
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[Electronic Source]
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Cambridge, Mass.
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: MIT Press
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, c2007.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 CD-ROM
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-367) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Noam Chomsky as political gadfly, groundbreaking scholar, and intellectual guru: key issues in Chomsky's career and the sometimes contentious reception to his ideas..