Chomsky for Beginners: 80 (Writers & readers beginners series) - Softcover

Cogswell, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0863162339 ISBN 13: 9780863162336

Publisher: Writers and Readers Ltd, 1996

Synopsis

Noam Chomsky has written some 30 books, he is one of the most-quoted authors 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 two distinct areas Linguistics and... Gadflying. ( Gadfly, the word applied to Socrates, comes closest 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 is, of course, why you don t know more about him.

Chomsky s message is very simple: Huge corporations run our country, the world, both political parties, and Major Media. (You suspected it; Chomsky proves it.) If enough people open their minds to what he has to say, the whole gingerbread fantasy we ve been fed about America might turn into a real democracy.

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 Cogwell s text and the wit of Paul Gordon s illustrations make Chomsky as easy to understand as the genius next door. Words and art are combined to clarify (but not oversimplify) the work and to humanize the man who may very well be what one savvy interviewer called him the smartest man on Earth.

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About this title

About the Author

David Cogswell is a writer based in Hoboken, N.J. He has written thousands of articles on business, travel, politics, and the arts for various print and online publications, including Online Journal, Democratic Underground, Bushwatch, Indymedia.org, Fortune.com, Travel Weekly, the Hudson Current and the Jersey Journal. He's the author of Existentialism For Beginners, and has contributed pieces to a number of political books, including Fortunate Son: The Making of an American President, by J.H. Hatfield; Ambushed: The Hidden History of the Bush Family by Toby Rogers; and America's Autopsy Report, by John Kaminski.

Synopsis

Contemporary thinker Noam Chomsky is one of the ten most quoted writers in the world, trailing only Marx, Lenin, Shakespeare, the Bible, Aristotle, Plato and Freud. His breadth of learning is expansive and he has made great contributions to linguistics, philosophy and politics. This guide includes an interview with the writer and thinker.

Edition details

• Publisher: Writers and Readers Ltd
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0863162339
• ISBN 13: 9780863162336
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 153