The Responsibility of Intellectuals 2019
By Nicholas Allott, N. V. Smith, Knight ALLOTT, Noam Chomsky, Chris Knight, Neil Smith
- Other warfare & defence issues, History of ideas, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000
With the publication of ?The Responsibility of Intellectuals? half a century ago, 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.
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- 2019
- Pages
- 156
- Publisher
- UCL Press
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781787355521
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