Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 daysAuthor: David CogswellPublisher: Orient LongmanYear: 2001Language: EnglishPages: 153ISBN/UPC (if available): 8125020470 DescriptionThis book tells what Chomsky is about. This work with Cogswell's text and the wit of Paul's illustrations make Chomsky as easy to understand as the genius next door. Words and art combine to clarify the work of a one who has been described the smartest man on earth.Noam Chomsky has written some 30 books, he is most-quoted author on earth, ‘The New York' Times calls him “arguably the most important intellectual alive” – yet most people have no idea who he is or what he’s about.‘Chomsky For Beginners’ tells you what he’s about: Chomsky is known for his work in tow distinct areas—Linguistics and ..”Gadflying”. (“Gadfly”, he word applied to Socrates, comes closet to the constant social irritant that Chomsky has become.) It is Chomsky’s work as Political Gadfly and Media Critic that has given passion and hope to the general public—and alienated the Major Media-which, of course, is why you don’t know more about him. Chomsky’s message is very simple: Huge corporations run the world, the political parties, and Major Media. (You suspected it; Chomsky proves it.) If enough people open their minds to what he has to say, whole gingerbread fantasy we’ve been fed might vanish like the Emperor’s clothes.What’s so special about ‘Chomsky for Beginners?’The few existing intros to Chomsky cover either Chomsky-the-Linguist or Chomsky-the-Political-Gadfly. ‘Chomsky For Beginners’ covers both-plus an exclusive interview with the maverick genius.The clarity of David Cogswell’s text and the wit of Paul Gordon’s illustrations make Chomsky as easy to understand as the genius next door. Words and art combine to clarify (but not oversimplify) the work and to “humorize” the man who may very well be what one savvy interviewer called him – “the smartest man on earth”.ContentsINTRODUCTION"Noam Who?"Why haven’t you heard of ---the most important intellectual alive?Chomsky’s two careersTHE FILE ON CHOMSKY: A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHGrowing up during the DepressionHis uncle’s Kiosk in New YorkCollege drop-outOn a kibbutz in IsraelSpeaking out against VietnamTHE SOULDERS OG GIANTS: ANTECEDENTS TO THE THINKING OF CHOMSKYPlatoRene DescartesJean Jacques RousseauWilhelm von HumboldtKarl MarxGeorge OrwellThe anarchist traditionZellig HarrisA note to the ReaderLINGUISTICSWhat is Linguistics?The evolution of LinguisticsLinguistics as a scienceUniversal generative grammarEvidence that generative grammar is innate Is grammar learnable?The Infinite variety of languageWhat is the nature of the original state?Chomsky on skinner and BehaviorismNOAM CHOMSKY AND THE MEDIA: CAN YOU BELIEVE WHAT YOU SEE AND HEAR ?Necessary Illusions: The Science of PropagandaWhat is the function of the Media in a Democratic Society?Engineering consentWalter LippmanReinhold NeibuhrRecap of Chomsky’s viewThe Targets of PropagandaThe Threat of DemocracyHow does "ownership determine content"?---The Propaganda ModelFilter 1: Money---"The Media of Influence"Filter 2: Advertising---How does that distort the news?Filter 3: "Experts"---Who do they work for. . .and why do the same ones keep popping up?Filter 4: "Flak"---Who writes all those Letters-to-the-Editor?Filter 5: ANTI-COMMUNISM----Creating a Bogeyman..Concision: How "sound bites" are used to kill opposing viewpoints. . .Keeping the herd in lineDon’t take Chomsky’s word for it --- check it out yourself!What are they hiding?CHOMSKY ON POLITICSChomsky’s first hand experience with the CensorWhy doesn’t the news compute?The myth of the Classless SocietyThe myth of the Free Market systemWelfare for the Rich---How it worksUncle Newt’s double standard"National Defense is a sick joke."Colonialism, then and nowForeign Policy: Friendly Dictators and Client StatesThe real New World Order---how it started The real objective of the New World Order"Corporate interests"/ "American interests"History---One or two things they forgot to tell youComing home to roostCHOMSKY ON FIGHTING BACK: WHAT CAN ONE PERSON DO?Taking Responsibility---What can one person do?Intellectual self---defenseKnowledge and informationINTERVIEW WITH NOAM CHOMSKYINDEX
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