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'''Objectivity and Liberal Scholarship''' is the title of a book by the US academic [[Noam Chomsky]]. It has also been printed as part of [[American Power and the New Mandarins]]. |
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| author = [[Noam Chomsky]] |
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| publisher = Red & Black |
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| published = 1997 |
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| media_type = [[Paperback]] |
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| pages = 142 |
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| isbn = 978-0-93486-833-4 |
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"'''Objectivity and Liberal Scholarship'''" is an essay by the American academic [[Noam Chomsky]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Chomsky|first=Noam |author-link= Noam Chomsky |title= Objectivity and Liberal Scholarship |year=2003 |publisher=[[The New Press]] }}</ref> It was first published as part of Chomsky's ''[[American Power and the New Mandarins]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Chomsky|first=Noam |author-link= Noam Chomsky |title= American Power and the New Mandarins |url=https://archive.org/details/americanpowernew00chom|url-access=registration|year=1969 |publisher=[[Pantheon Books]] }}</ref> Parts of the essay were delivered as a lecture at [[New York University]] in March 1968, as part of [[Albert Schweitzer]] Lecture Series.<ref>{{cite book |last=Chomsky|first=Noam |author-link= Noam Chomsky |title= American Power and the New Mandarins |year=2002 |publisher=[[The New Press]] |isbn=1-56584-775-X |pages=23}}</ref> The first third of the essay, "The Menace of Liberal Scholarship" by Noam Chomsky in ''The New York Review of Books'', January 2, 1969, was taken "almost verbatim" from this essay.<ref>{{cite web|title = An Exchange on Liberal Scholarship: Noam Chomsky debates with Richard M. Pfeffer, Ithiel de Sola Pool, J.A. Horvat, and Jon M. Van Dyke; ''The New York Review of Books'', February 13, 1969|url = http://www.chomsky.info/debates/19690213.htm|publisher=The New York Review of Books; chomsky.info| access-date= 2009-12-03}}</ref> |
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==Content== |
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In "Objectivity and Liberal Scholarship" Noam Chomsky argues that, during the [[Vietnam War]], the liberal [[intelligentsia]] provided self-serving arguments in their discussion and analysis of the war, instead of objectively discussing the topic; that they used ideology to legitimize U.S. commitments to autocratic rule and intervention in Asia. Chomsky argues that there was no [[The End of Ideology|end of ideology]], as many scholars opined, but rather that it was an elite ideology that all elites and scholars could agree upon. Chomsky argues that the conservative, moderate, and liberal intelligentsia all had an elite, counter-revolutionary, bias in their writing, but he focuses on the liberal scholars. As an additional example to the Vietnam War, Noam Chomsky looks at liberal scholarship which covered the [[Spanish Civil War]] in which the same lack of objectivity and the same counter-revolutionary subordination can be seen.<ref>{{cite web|title = Synopses & Reviews:Publisher Comments|url = http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9781565848580-2|publisher=powells.com| access-date= 2009-12-03}}</ref> |
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The essay consists of three parts. Part I focuses on the Vietnam War and the increasing role of intellectuals, or specialists, in government and public and foreign policy. Part II focuses on the Spanish Civil War. He contrasts the liberal-communist version of the war with that of other sources including [[anarchist]]s' and first-hand accounts. Part III is a conclusion. |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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* {{official website}} |
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* {{Internet Archive|objectivityliber00noam|Full text}} |
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* [http://www.chomsky.info/articles/19690102.htm "The Menace of Liberal Scholarship", ''The New York Review of Books'': The first third of this essay was taken, "almost verbatim", from "Objectivity and Liberal Scholarship"] |
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Latest revision as of 20:57, 12 December 2023
 First edition | |
| Author | Noam Chomsky |
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| Published | 1997 |
| Publisher | Red & Black |
| Media type | Paperback |
| Pages | 142 |
| ISBN | 978-0-93486-833-4 |
"Objectivity and Liberal Scholarship" is an essay by the American academic Noam Chomsky.[1] It was first published as part of Chomsky's American Power and the New Mandarins.[2] Parts of the essay were delivered as a lecture at New York University in March 1968, as part of Albert Schweitzer Lecture Series.[3] The first third of the essay, "The Menace of Liberal Scholarship" by Noam Chomsky in The New York Review of Books, January 2, 1969, was taken "almost verbatim" from this essay.[4]
Content
[edit]In "Objectivity and Liberal Scholarship" Noam Chomsky argues that, during the Vietnam War, the liberal intelligentsia provided self-serving arguments in their discussion and analysis of the war, instead of objectively discussing the topic; that they used ideology to legitimize U.S. commitments to autocratic rule and intervention in Asia. Chomsky argues that there was no end of ideology, as many scholars opined, but rather that it was an elite ideology that all elites and scholars could agree upon. Chomsky argues that the conservative, moderate, and liberal intelligentsia all had an elite, counter-revolutionary, bias in their writing, but he focuses on the liberal scholars. As an additional example to the Vietnam War, Noam Chomsky looks at liberal scholarship which covered the Spanish Civil War in which the same lack of objectivity and the same counter-revolutionary subordination can be seen.[5]
The essay consists of three parts. Part I focuses on the Vietnam War and the increasing role of intellectuals, or specialists, in government and public and foreign policy. Part II focuses on the Spanish Civil War. He contrasts the liberal-communist version of the war with that of other sources including anarchists' and first-hand accounts. Part III is a conclusion.
References
[edit]- ^ Chomsky, Noam (2003). Objectivity and Liberal Scholarship. The New Press.
- ^ Chomsky, Noam (1969). American Power and the New Mandarins. Pantheon Books.
- ^ Chomsky, Noam (2002). American Power and the New Mandarins. The New Press. p. 23. ISBN 1-56584-775-X.
- ^ "An Exchange on Liberal Scholarship: Noam Chomsky debates with Richard M. Pfeffer, Ithiel de Sola Pool, J.A. Horvat, and Jon M. Van Dyke; The New York Review of Books, February 13, 1969". The New York Review of Books; chomsky.info. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
- ^ "Synopses & Reviews:Publisher Comments". powells.com. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Full text at the Internet Archive
- "The Menace of Liberal Scholarship", The New York Review of Books: The first third of this essay was taken, "almost verbatim", from "Objectivity and Liberal Scholarship"
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