A Good Education
2 CDs
This is Chomsky at his relaxed best. It’s almost like having him in your living room as he holds a seminar with trade unionists covering a range of topics. He offers a trenchant critique of “Saint” Alan Greenspan and neo-liberal economic policies. “There is a huge gap between public policy and public opinion,” Chomsky says and that’s where “a good education” comes in. ” If you’re well educated you can live with contradictions.” It’s a situation evoking Orwell. He also talks about two movies from the 1950s: On the Waterfront and Salt of the Earth. How the former was celebrated and the latter ignored for ideological reasons. On the environment, he says, “Disaster is coming and we may be hitting a tipping point soon.”
Speaker
Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky, by any measure, has led a most extraordinary life. In one index, he is ranked as the eighth most cited person in history, right up there with Aristotle, Shakespeare, Marx, Plato, and Freud. His contributions to modern linguistics are legendary. In addition to his pioneering work in that field, he has been a leading voice for peace and social justice for many decades. Chris Hedges says he is “America’s greatest intellectual” who “makes the powerful, as well as their liberal apologists, deeply uncomfortable.” The New Statesman calls him “the conscience of the American people.” He is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT and Laureate Professor of Linguistics and Haury Chair in the Program in Environment and Social Justice at the University of Arizona. At 97, though having health setbacks, he continues to inform and inspire people all over the world. He is the author of scores of books, including Masters of Mankind, Consequences of Capitalism, Chronicles of Dissent, and Notes on Resistance. He is co-author with Edward Herman of Manufacturing Consent. His latest books are The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World and Surviving the 21st Century.
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