title: Noam Chomsky: A Life of Dissent
author:  Robert F. Barsky 
description: Noam Chomsky (b. 1928) is best known for his important contributions to linguistics, cognitive psychology, and contemporary politics. This new biography examines Chomsky's intellectual development both as a student of logic and language and as a philosophical anarchist. Barsky (comparative literature, Univ. of Western Ontario) is particularly concerned with situating Chomsky as an independent political actor, describing his distinctive interventions in debates over Vietnam, the responsibilities of intellectuals, the Israel-Palestine conflict, and U.S. foreign policy. He carefully distinguishes Chomsky's left-libertarian views from those of conventional liberals and Marxists and ardently defends Chomsky against his critics in politics as well as linguistics. Barsky has prepared a lucid and well-organized introduction to the life and work of one of the century's most famous dissident intellectuals. Recommended for academic libraries.?Kent Worcester, Social Science Research Council, New York<br />Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
zlib_text: Keeping the 
  Rabble 
  in Line 
  Noam Chomsky 
  Interviews 
  with David Barsamian 
  Common Courage Press 
  Monroe, Maine 
  
  copyright © Noam Chomsky 
  and David Barsamian 1994 
  Transcrtpts by Sandy Adler 
  Cover design by Matt Wuerker 
  Cover photograph by Laurence Acland 
  All rtghts reserved. 
  Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data 
  Chomsky, Noam. 
  Keeping the rabble in line: interviews with David 
  Barsamian / Noam Chomsky. 
  p. cm. 
  ISBN 1-56751-033-7. --ISBN 1-56751032-9 (pbk.) 
  1. Chomsky, Noam--Politlcal and social views. 2. 
  Chomsky, Noam--Interviews. I. Barsamian, David. II Title. 
  P85.C47A3 1994 
  4 10'.92--dc20 
  94- 13221 
  CIP 
  Common Courage Press 
  P.O. Box 702 
  Monroe, ME 04951 
  207-525-0900 fax: 207-525-3068 
  First Printing 
  
  Contents 
  Introduction 
  3 
  World Bank, Gatt and Free Trade 
  5 
  They Don't Even Know That They Know 
  33 
  Race 
  61 
  Class 
  105 
  Media, Knowledge, and Objectivity 
  147 
  Crime and Gun Control 
  1 75 
  The Emerging Global Economic Order 
  203 
  Reflections on De