The Chomsky Effect by Robert Barsky is a magnificent book showing Chomsky as the leading linguist of our time; the philosopher whose analytic powers and prophetic vision are unparalleled, yet matched only by his moral and ironic outrage which draws intellectual blood from his adversaries. Barsky's significant accomplishment is to add his deep learning in the history of comparative ideas and popular culture with his own incisive and readable accounts of crucial intellectual and political battles that dictate the present and probable future. A wonderful read. -- Marcus Raskin, Co-founder, Institute for Policy Studies, and Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, George Washington University Robert Barsky succeeds in uniting the various strands in Chomsky's career teaching, political theory, philosophy, and public debate. Chomsky"s success constitutes definitive proof that an intellectual can be an activist and that every society needs a Socrates to shame it. Barsky has produced a work of homage to learning and to personal courage. -- Julius H. Grey, Constitutional lawyer, former member of McGill Faculty of Law This is the book I'd recommend to anyone who is looking for exhaustive coverage of ways to Chomsky's work. -- Carlos P. Otero Professor Emeritus, University of California, Los Angeles, and author of Noam Chomsky: Critical Assessments
spired by the works and the milieus of Noam Chomsky, Robert Barsky works at the intersection of literature, law and language theory, where he explores, among other issues, the challenges faced by vulnerable peoples including refugees, homeless people and undocumented migrants. He is currently working on a book about the radical Zionist organization Avukah, and he is completing a project that reviews canonical works from the Great Tradition through the perspective of vulnerable migrants.He is the author of Noam Chomsky: A Life of Dissent, The Chomsky Effect: A Radical Works Beyond the Ivory Tower, and Z ellig Harris: From American Linguistics to Socialist Zionism, all three published by the MIT Press.
Barsky does a spectacular job of offering an essential introduction
to Chomsky's works.
*Political Studies Review*
The insights into Chomsky as a person, notably in the many extracts
from his correspondence and remarks by friends and colleagues, are
fascinating.
*Times Higher Education Supplement*
This book should be read by anyone interested in the existing or
potential role for public intellectuals in American society and in
politics, particularly.
*Virginia Quarterly Review*
Barsky does a spectacular job of offering an essential introduction to Chomsky's works.
-- Shih-Yu Chou * Political Studies Review *The insights into Chomsky as a person, notably in the many extracts from his correspondence and remarks by friends and colleagues, are fascinating.
-- Raphael Salkie * Times Higher Education Supplement *This book should be read by anyone interested in the existing or potential role for public intellectuals in American society and in politics, particularly.
-- Richard C. Collins * Virginia Quarterly Review *![]() |
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