Noam Chomsky -- Infuriating and Necessary | David Masciotra
Review of Noam Chomsky's new book Masters of Mankind, from The Daily
Beast. (The book is currently available for 30% off from the publisher
Haymarket Books if discount code CHOMSKY30 is used at checkout: http://www.haymarketbooks.org/pb/Masters-of-Mankind
It is a testament to Noam Chomsky's brilliance and bravery that despite
his soft spoken manner and quiet personality, he manages to inspire
fiery passion in millions of activists around the world, curiosity and
conviction from students on nearly every college campus, and hatred from
angry nationalists wearing red, white, and blue blindfolds.
The immensity of Chomsky's mind is matched only by its dexterity. In his
first triumph as a public intellectual, he reinvented the field of
linguistics by developing the now widely accepted theory that the
ability to learn language is an innate capacity common to all humans.
The academic world, where Chomsky is one of the most often cited living
authors, knows him for his groundbreaking work in his own discipline.
But the general public associates his name with a record of radical
advocacy for human rights, nonviolence, and international justice. A
ferocious critic of American foreign policy and a nimble political
analyst and philosopher, Chomsky might well be the most recognizable and
most read intellectual alive.
