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“Education must provide the opportunities for self-fulfillment; it can at best provide a rich and challenging environment for the individual to explore, in his own way.” ―

Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist,

philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist. Sometimes described as "the father of modern ," Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He holds a joint appointment as Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and laureate professor at the University of Arizona, and is the

author of over 100 books on topics such as linguistics, war, politics, and

mass media. Ideologically, he aligns with anarcho-syndicalism and libertarian socialism.

Life and Career

• Chomsky is a prolific author whose principal linguistic works after include Current Issues in Linguistic Theory (1964), The Sound Pattern of English (with Morris Halle, 1968), (1972), Studies on Semantics in (1972), and (1986). In addition, he has wide-ranging political interests. He was an early and outspoken critic of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War and has written extensively on many political issues from a generally left-wing point of view. Among his political writings are American Power and the New Mandarins (1969), Peace in the Middle East? (1974), Some Concepts and Consequences of the Theory of Government and Binding (1982) (with E.S. Herman, 1988), Profit over People (1998), and Rogue States (2000). Chomsky’s controversial bestseller 9-11 (2002) is an analysis of the World Trade Center attack that, while denouncing the atrocity of the event, traces its origins to the actions and power of the United States, which he calls “a leading terrorist state. • Chomsky's legacy is as both a "leader in the field" of linguistics and "a figure of enlightenment and inspiration" for political dissenters. Despite his academic success, his political viewpoints and activism have resulted in him being distrusted by the mainstream media apparatus, and he is regarded as being "on the outer margin of acceptability.”

Important Links: • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_Chomsky • https://chomsky.info/bios/ • https://www.britannica.com/biography/Noam -Chomsky LIST OF BOOKS ON/BY NOAM CHOMSKY 1. Title: Architecture of language Author: Chomsky, Noam Publisher: Oxford University Press Call No.: 410 CHO Accession No.: 013272

2. Title: Aspects of the theory of syntax Author: Chomsky, Noam Publisher: MIT Press Call No.: 415 CHO Accession No.: 019120

3. Title: : a chapter in the history of rationalist thought Author: Chomsky, Noam Publisher: : Cambridge University Press Call No.: 401 CHO Accession No.: 020142

4. Title: Chomsky effect: a radical works beyond the ivory tower Author: Chomsky, Noam Publisher: Orient Blackswan Publishing Call No.: 320.512 BAR Accession No.: 015214

5. Title: Chomsky Foucault debate: on Author: Chomsky, Noam Publisher: New Press Call No.: 128 CHO Accession No.: 019637

6. Title: Chomsky on democracy & education Author: Chomsky, Noam Publisher: Routledge Call No.: 370.115 CHO Accession No.: 019633

7. Title: Chomsky on miseducation Author: Chomsky, Noam Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Call No.: 370.1 CHO Accession No.: 020037

8. Title: Chomsky reader Author: Chomsky, Noam Publisher: Pantheon books Call No.: 327.73 CHO Accession No.: 019395

9. Title: Generative enterprise revisited : discussions with Riny Huybregts, Henk van Riemsdijk, Naoki Fukui, and Mihoko Zushi Author: Chomsky, Noam Publisher: Walter de Gruyter Call No.: 415.0182 CHO

Accession No.: 019638 10. Title: Knowledge of language: its nature, origin, and use Author: Chomsky, Noam Publisher: Praeger Call No.: 401 CHO Accession No.: 019482

11. Title: Language and mind Author: Chomsky, Noam Publisher: Cambridge University Press Call No.: 401.9 CHO Accession No.: 013528

12. Title: Language and problems of knowledge: the Managua lectures: Current studies in linguistics series; 16 Author: Chomsky, Noam Publisher: MIT Press Call No.: 410 CHO

Accession No.: 019121 13. Title: Lectures on government and binding: the Pisa lectures Author: Chomsky, Noam Publisher: Walter de Gruyter Call No.: 415 CHO Accession No.: 019634

14. Title: Manufacturing consent : the political economy of the mass media Author: Chomsky, Noam Publisher: Pantheon books Call No.: 381.4530223 HER Accession No.: 019389

15. Title: Media control : the spectacular achievements of propaganda Author: Chomsky, Noam Publisher: Seven Stories Press Call No.: 302.23 CHO Accession No.: 019390

16. Title: : Series: Current studies in linguistics ; 28 Author: Chomsky, Noam Publisher: MIT Press Call No.: 410.1 CHO Accession No.: 019396

17. Title: : thought control in democratic societies : Series: CBC massey lectures Author: Chomsky, Noam Publisher: Anansi Press Call No.: 302.23 CHO

Accession No.: 019635 18. Title: New horizons in the study of language and mind Author: Chomsky, Noam Publisher: Cambridge University Press Call No.: 401 CHO Accession No.: 020143

19. Title: New world of indigenous resistance: Noam Chomsky and voices from North, South, and Central America Author: Meyer, Lois Publisher: City Lights Foundation Books Call No.: 323.17 CHO

Accession No.: 019391 20. Title: Noam Chomsky: a life of dissent Author: Barsky, Robert F Publisher: MIT Press Call No.: 410.92 BAR Accession No.: 021877

21. Title: Objectivity and liberal scholarship Author: Chomsky, Noam Publisher: New Press Call No.: 121.4 CHO Accession No.: 019392

22. Title: Of minds and language : a dialogue with Noam Chomsky in the Basque country Author: Piattelli-Palmarini, Massimo. Publisher: Oxford University Press Call No.: 401 OFM

Accession No.: 019483 23. Title: On Chomsky Author: Winston, Morton Emanuel Publisher: Cengage Learning Call No.: 410.92 WIN Accession No.: 002442

24. Title: On language: chomsky’s classic works language and responsibility and reflections on language Author: Chomsky, Noam Publisher: New Press Call No.: 410 CHO

Accession No.: 019393 25. Title: On nature and language Author: Chomsky, Noam Publisher: Cambridge University Press Call No.: 401 CHO Accession No.: 018697

26. Title: On power and ideology: the managua lecture Author: Chomsky, Noam Publisher: Haymarket Books Call No.: 327.730 CHO Accession No.: 022423

27. Title: Pirates and emperors, old and new international terrorism in the real world Author: Chomsky, Noam Publisher: Haymarket Books Call No.: 956.04 CHO Accession No.: 022424

28. Title: Powers and prospects: reflections on human nature and the social order Author: Chomsky, Noam Publisher: Haymarket Books Call No.: 401 CHO Accession No.: 022425

29. Title: Problems of knowledge and freedom: the Russell lectures Author: Chomsky, Noam Publisher: New Press Call No.: 320.973 CHO Accession No.: 019394

30. Title: Science of language: interviews with James McGilvray Author: Chomsky, Noam Publisher: Cambridge University Press Call No.: 401 CHO Accession No.: 020144

31. Title: Syntactic structures Author: Chomsky, Noam Publisher: Walter de Gruyter Call No.: 415 CHO Accession No.: 019636

32. Title: Understanding power : the indispensable Chomsky Author: Chomsky, Noam Publisher: Vintage books Call No.: 320 CHO Accession No.:019397

33. Title: What kind of creatures are we Author: Chomsky, Noam Publisher: Columbia University Press Call No.: 401 CHO Accession No.: 023170

Compiled by Library 20-06-2018