The ferment of the 1960s provided opportunities for critical analysis of the institutions of industrial society and the imperial consensus, and some limited possibilities for popular participation in social planning. The dogmatic refusal to analyze American foreign policy by the standards applied to all other powers no longer stifles discussion. With the weakening of ideological controls, radicals are no longer virtually excluded from academic life?-a development which leads to the cry that the left has taken over the universities, just as proposals for limiting the ?defense? budget are described as a call for unilateral disarmament.
The ferment of the 1960s provided opportunities for critical analysis of the institutions of industri…
Noam Chomsky (born on December 7, 1928, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historical essayist, social critic, and political activist. 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), and is the author of more than 150 books. He has written and lectured widely on linguistics, philosophy, intellectual history, contemporary issues, and particularly international affairs and U.S. foreign policy. Chomsky has been a writer for Z projects since their earliest inception, and is a tireless supporter of our operations.