Noam chomsky date of birth

He is an institute professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In , Chomsky joined the staff of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he still holds a professorship. Chomsky has since published more than books.

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In the late s, Chomsky rose to prominence as an activist and dissident, particularly with regard to the Vietnam war. This photo shows him in , marching on the Pentagon, Washington DC, with other intellectuals: the marchers include, from left, political activist Marcus Raskin, Chomsky, writer Norman Mailer, poet Robert Lowell, labour and anti-war activist Sidney Lens, peace protestor Dagmar Wilson, unknown, and paediatrician Benjamin Spock.

Image: Fred W. In he published American Power and the New Mandarins , the first of many books harshly criticising US foreign policy as neo-imperialist and terrorist. In , he published Manufacturing Consent: The political economy of the mass media with Edward Herman , which argues that the US mass media are essentially propaganda organs for government and big business.

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In , he published The Minimalist Program , a major overhaul of his earlier work on linguistics that aims to reveal the inner workings of language as a simple set of general rules. He went on to describe the US president of the day, George W. Bush, as the devil. Image: Timothy A. Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your inbox! We'll also keep you up to date with New Scientist events and special offers.

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