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Noam Chomsky

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Avram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, political activist, author, and lecturer. He is an Institute Professor and professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Chomsky is credited with the creation of the theory of generative grammar, considered to be one of the most significant contributions to the field of linguistics made in the 20th century. He also helped spark the cognitive revolution in psychology through his review of B. F. Skinner's Verbal Behavior, in which he challenged the behaviorist approach to the study of behavior and language dominant in the 1950s. His naturalistic approach to the study of language has affected the philosophy of language and mind. He is also credited with the establishment of the Chomsky hierarchy, a classification of formal languages in terms of their generative power. Beginning with his critique of the Vietnam War in the 1960s, Chomsky has become more widely known for his media criticism and political activism, and for his criticism of the foreign policy of the United States and other governments.

According to the Arts and Humanities Citation Index in 1992, Chomsky was cited as a source more often than any other living scholar during the 1980–1992 time period, and was the eighth-most cited scholar in any time period.

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Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media

Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance

Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky

Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda

Chomsky On Anarchism

Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy

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How the World Works

On Palestine

Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World

Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power

What Uncle Sam Really Wants

On Anarchism

Hopes and Prospects

Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory and Practice

Occupy (Occupied Media Pamphlet Series)

The Essential Chomsky

Because We Say So (City Lights Open Media)

The Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal: The Political Economy of Saving the Planet

Power and Terror: Post-9/11 Talks and Interviews