Wednesday, July 4, 2007

What I finished reading – Class Warfare by Noam Chomsky

I am a Chomsky addict.

About Chomsky (Just in case you don’t know already)

“Avram Noam Chomsky, Ph.D (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, political activist, and a prolific author and lecturer. He is the Institute Professor Emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). 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. According to the Arts and Humanities Citation Index in 1992, Chomsky was cited as a source more often than any other living scholar during the 1980–1992 time period, and was the eighth most cited scholar in any time period.[1][2][3]

Beginning with his critique of the Vietnam War in the 1960s, Chomsky has become more widely known — especially internationally — for his media criticism and politics. He is generally considered to be a key intellectual figure within the left wing of United States politics. Chomsky is widely known for his political activism, and for his criticism of the foreign policy of the United States and other governments.”

If know more about Noam, please google.

This book is a set of interviews and Noam talks about his work, America’s imperialistic attitude, the (ill) effects of Globalisation and other themes.
I would suggest this book to be a definite 'starter pack' to know about Chomsky and his works.

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