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- Born: December 7, 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Institute Professor of Linguistics at MIT
- Spouse: Carol Schatz
- Received honorary degrees from over 30 universities including University of Chicago and Georgetown University
- Members of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Member of National Academy of Sciences
- Member of American Philosophical Society
- Authored over 50 books in linguistics and political theory
- Regular contributor to Z Magazine
- Featured in 9 documentaries including Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
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Noam Chomsky is a linguist, political theorist and activist. A vocal critic of U.S. foreign policy and the mainstream media, Chomsky emerged as one of the country's most widely-recognized political dissidents and authors when, in the 1960s, he opposed the Vietnam War. Chomsky considers himself a "traditional anarchist" and has voiced his support of libertarian socialism.Chomsky.info: Notes on Anarchism He continues to travel as a much sought-after political lecturer.
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Political Writings
Chomsky's writings have generated much controversy and criticism. Many have accused Chomsky of misrepresenting information in his published works.Reason Magazine: Deconstructing Chomsky Others have taken issue with his views on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict; some have even described his opinions as anti-semitic.Google Book Preview: The Case for Israel by Alan Dershowitz -
Generative Grammar
Chomsky's acclaim in the field of linguistics is attributable to his theory of generative grammar, which maintains that structural linguistic knowledge is innate. Chomsky is an Institute Professor of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. -
Partial Bibliography
- 1967: The Responsibility of Intellectuals
- 1973: Counter-Revolutionary Violence - Bloodbaths in Fact & Propaganda
- 1983: The Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel, and the Palestinians
- 1988: Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media (with Edward Herman)
- 1992: Deterring Democracy
- 1996: Class Warfare
- 2003: Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance
- 2006: Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy
- 2007: Interventions
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Noam Chomsky Timeline
- 1928: Born in Philadelphia, PA
- 1949: Created undergraduate thesis
- 1951: Completed thesis on Morphophonemics of Modern Hebrew
- 1957: Published Syntactic Structures
- 1957: Made associate professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1960: Given title of full professor at the MIT
- 1975: Became institute professor at the MIT
- 1983: Published The Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel and the Palestinians
- 1988: Published Manufacturing Consent (Co-author: Edward Herman)
- 1989: Published Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies
- 1990: Published On Nature, Use and Acquisition of Language
- 1992: Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (V)
- 2003: Distorted Morality (V)
- 2004: Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land (V)
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If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion. Noam Chomsky
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@spitballarmy Colorless green ideas sleep furiously. Noam Chomsky
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RT @Brasil_de_Fato: Análise - A tomada da democracia norte-americana pelo setor corporativo - por Noam Chomsky - http://ow.ly/15y6m
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