ot ional ) ▁UK , ▁December ▁ 6 , ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁( phys ical ) ▁( with dra wn ▁before ▁release ) ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : 1 9 9 9 ▁singles ▁Category : A ce ▁of ▁Base ▁songs ▁Category : 1 9 9 9 ▁songs ▁Category : S ongs ▁written ▁by ▁Jon as ▁Berg gren ▁Category : Number - one ▁singles ▁in ▁Spain ▁Category : M ega ▁Records ▁singles <0x0A> </s> ▁" The ▁Res p ons ibility ▁of ▁Intel lect uals " ▁is ▁an ▁ess ay ▁by ▁the ▁American ▁academic ▁No am ▁Ch om sky ▁which ▁was ▁published ▁as ▁a ▁special ▁supp lement ▁by ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Review ▁of ▁Books ▁on ▁ 2 3 ▁February ▁ 1 9 6 7 . ▁ ▁The ▁article ▁was ▁written ▁during ▁the ▁then - ongo ing ▁Vietnam ▁War , ▁as ▁news ▁of ▁human ▁rights ▁ab uses ▁started ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁and ▁as ▁the ▁war ▁had ▁increasing ly ▁become ▁seen ▁as ▁a ▁qu ag m ire . ▁An ▁attack ▁on ▁the ▁intellectual ▁culture ▁in ▁the ▁U . S ., ▁Ch om sky ▁arg ues ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁largely ▁sub serv ient ▁to ▁power . ▁He ▁is ▁particularly ▁critical ▁of ▁social ▁scient ists ▁and ▁techn ocr ats , ▁who ▁he ▁believed ▁were ▁providing ▁a ▁pseudo - s cient ific ▁just ification ▁for ▁the ▁cr imes ▁of ▁the ▁state ▁in ▁regard ▁to ▁the ▁Vietnam ▁War . ▁He ▁notes ▁that ▁those ▁who ▁opposed ▁the ▁war ▁on ▁moral ▁rather ▁than ▁technical ▁grounds ▁are ▁"