The Chomsky Effect by Robert Barsky is a magnificent book showing Chomsky as the leading linguist of our time; the philosopher whose analytic powers and prophetic vision are unparalleled, yet matched only by his moral and ironic outrage which draws intellectual blood from his adversaries. Barsky's significant accomplishment is to add his deep learning in the history of comparative ideas and popular culture with his own incisive and readable accounts of crucial intellectual and political battles that dictate the present and probable future. A wonderful read. -- Marcus Raskin, Co-founder, Institute for Policy Studies, and Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, George Washington University Robert Barsky succeeds in uniting the various strands in Chomsky's career teaching, political theory, philosophy, and public debate. Chomsky"s success constitutes definitive proof that an intellectual can be an activist and that every society needs a Socrates to shame it. Barsky has produced a work of homage to learning and to personal courage. -- Julius H. Grey, Constitutional lawyer, former member of McGill Faculty of Law This is the book I'd recommend to anyone who is looking for exhaustive coverage of ways to Chomsky's work. -- Carlos P. Otero Professor Emeritus, University of California, Los Angeles, and author of Noam Chomsky: Critical Assessments
Robert F. Barsky is Professor of English, Comparative Literature, French, and Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of Noam Chomsky: A Life of Dissent (MIT Press, 1997).
Barsky does a spectacular job of offering an essential introduction to Chomsky's works. -- Shih-Yu Chou Political Studies Review The insights into Chomsky as a person, notably in the many extracts from his correspondence and remarks by friends and colleagues, are fascinating. -- Raphael Salkie Times Higher Education Supplement This book should be read by anyone interested in the existing or potential role for public intellectuals in American society and in politics, particularly. -- Richard C. Collins Virginia Quarterly Review
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