The Responsibility of Intellectuals【電子書籍】[ Noam Chomsky ]

＜p＞＜strong＞In one of his most famous essays, Noam Chomsky lays out the idea that intellectuals' relative privilege imbues them with greater responsibilityーone that was to be the guiding principle of his intellectual life＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞"Chomsky is a global phenomenon. . . . He may be the most widely read American voice on foreign policy on the planet." ー ＜em＞The New York Times Book Review＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞As a nineteen-year-old undergraduate in 1947, Noam Chomsky was deeply affected by articles about the responsibility of intellectuals written by Dwight Macdonald, an editor of ＜em＞Partisan Review＜/em＞ and then of ＜em＞Politics＜/em＞. Twenty years later, as the Vietnam War was escalating, Chomsky turned to the question himself, noting that "intellectuals are in a position to expose the lies of governments" and to analyze their "often hidden intentions."＜/p＞ ＜p＞Originally published in the ＜em＞New York Review of Books＜/em＞, Chomsky's essay eviscerated the "hypocritical moralism．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る