Research Catalog

Title

The responsibility of intellectuals : reflections by Noam Chomsky and others after 50 years / edited by Nicholas Allott, Chris Knight and Neil Smith.

Publication

• London : UCL Press, 2019.
• ©2019

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Additional Authors

• Allott, Nicholas
• Knight, Chris, 1942-
• Smith, N. V. (Neilson Voyne)

Description

xi, 143 pages : illustrations (black and white); 24 cm

Summary

With the publication of "The Responsibility of Intellectuals," Noam Chomsky burst onto the US political scene as a leading critic of the war in Vietnam. Privilege, he argues, brings with it the responsibility to tell the truth and expose lies, but our intellectual culture only pays lip service to this ideal. The essay has been described as the "single most influential piece of anti-war literature" of the Vietnam war period. Since then, Chomsky has continued to equip a growing international audience with the facts and arguments needed to understand--and change--our world. According to the New York Times, Chomsky "may be the most widely read American voice on foreign policy on the planet today." This book revisits "The Responsibility of Intellectuals" half a century later. It includes six new essays written to celebrate Chomsky's famous intervention and explore its relevance in today's world. Nicholas Allott, Chris Knight, Milan Rai, and Neil Smith have studied and written about Chomsky's thought for many years, while Craig Murray and Jackie Walker describe the personal price they have paid for speaking out. The book concludes with Chomsky's recollections of the background to the original publication of his essay, followed by extensive commentary from him on its fiftieth anniversary.--

Subject

• Chomsky, Noam
• 1900-2099
• Responsibility
• Intellectual life
• United States > Intellectual life > 20th century
• United States > Intellectual life > 21st century
• United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: "The responsibility of intellectuals": what it does and does not say / Nicholas Allott -- Remarks on the historical context of the essay "The responsibility of intellectuals" / Noam Chomsky -- 1. Reflections on Chomsky's "The responsibility of intellectuals" / Neil Smith and Amahl Smith -- 2. "I don't want no peace"-a black, Jewish activist's take on the responsibility of intellectuals / Jackie Walker -- 3. The responsibility of intellectuals in the era of bounded rationality and Democracy for realists / Nicholas Allott -- 4. The propaganda model and the British nuclear weapons debate / Milan Rai -- 5. Speaking truth to power: from within the heart of the empire / Chris Knight -- 6. The abdication of responsibility / Craig Murray -- 7. Replies and commentary / Noam Chomsky -- 8. Conference Q&A / Noam Chomsky.

Call Number

JFE 20-5244

ISBN

• 9781787355538
• 1787355535
• 9781787355521
• 1787355527
• 9781787355514 (canceled/invalid)
• 1787355519 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781787355545 (canceled/invalid)
• 1787355543 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781787355552 (canceled/invalid)
• 1787355551 (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

1112385046

Title

The responsibility of intellectuals : reflections by Noam Chomsky and others after 50 years / edited by Nicholas Allott, Chris Knight and Neil Smith.

Publisher

London : UCL Press, 2019.

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1900-2099

Added Author

Allott, Nicholas, editor.

Knight, Chris, 1942- editor.

Smith, N. V. (Neilson Voyne), editor.

Other Form:

ebook version : 9781787355545

Research Call Number

JFE 20-5244