Avram Noam Chomsky is an American intellectual, philosopher, linguist, political activist, and social critic
Noam Chomsky is an influential American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, and political activist. Known for his theories on generative grammar and the concept of universal grammar, Chomsky has made significant contributions to the study of language and has been a prominent critic of U.S. foreign policy and media propaganda.
Made contributions to computer science with his work in linguistics. Developed Chomsky hierarchy, directly impacting programming language theory and other branches of computer science.
Avram Noam Chomsky is an American intellectual, philosopher, linguist, political activist, and social critic. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He is a laureate professor of linguistics at the University of Arizona and an institute professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Among the most cited living authors, Chomsky has written more than 150 books on topics such as linguistics, war, and politics. In addition to his work in linguistics, since the 1960s, Chomsky has been an influential voice on the American Left as a consistent critic of the foreign policy of the United States, contemporary capitalism, and corporatocracy.
Syntactic Structures
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Current Issues in Linguistic Theory
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Aspects of the Theory of Syntax
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The Sound Pattern of English
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American Power and the New Mandarins
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Counter-Revolutionary Violence: Bloodbaths in Fact & Propaganda
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The Political Economy of Human Rights
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Lectures on Government and Binding
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The Fateful Triangle
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Knowledge of Language
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The Chomsky Reader
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Manufacturing Consent
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Deterring Democracy
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The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many
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Class Warfare
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Objectivity and Liberal Scholarship
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Profit over People
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Rogue States: The Rule of Force in World Affairs
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9-11
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Propaganda and the Public Mind
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Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky
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Hegemony or Survival: America’s Quest for Global Dominance
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Middle East Illusions
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Imperial Ambitions
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Failed States
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Interventions
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Gaza in Crisis
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How the World Works
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Occupy
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Making the Future
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Ilusionistas
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What Kind of Creatures Are We?
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Why Only Us: Language and Evolution
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Chomsky hierarchy
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Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1955–2002
Central High School
1945
University of Pennsylvania
Master of Arts
1951
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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