Noam Chomsky

Born

in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The United States

December 07, 1928

Website

http://www.chomsky.info

Genre

Linguistics, Politics, Philosophy

Influences

Panini, Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, John Dewey

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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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	Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Noam Chomsky, Edward S. Herman 4.22 avg rating — 10,435 ratings — published 1988 — 24 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
	Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance 3.95 avg rating — 8,892 ratings — published 2003 — 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
	Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky by Noam Chomsky, Peter R. Mitchell (Editor), John Schoeffel (Editor) 4.38 avg rating — 4,319 ratings — published 2002 — 22 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 3.98 avg rating — 4,118 ratings — published 2007 — 34 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) 4.07 avg rating — 3,791 ratings — published 1998 — 31 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 — 3,999 ratings — published 1997 — 31 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 Anarchism by Noam Chomsky, Barry Pateman (Editor) 3.99 avg rating — 3,190 ratings — published 2005 — 26 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 by Noam Chomsky, Greg Ruggiero (Editor), Marili Margomenou (Interviewer) 3.72 avg rating — 2,889 ratings — published 2001 — 39 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
	The Chomsky - Foucault Debate: On Human Nature by Noam Chomsky, Michel Foucault, John Rajchman (Foreword) 3.96 avg rating — 1,774 ratings — published 1974 — 16 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
	Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World by Noam Chomsky, David Barsamian 3.98 avg rating — 1,615 ratings — published 2005 — 17 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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