![]() ![]() This article appeared in the November/December 2010 issue of Canadian Dimension (The New Feminism). While the appeal of some of the older selections might be largely restricted to committed academics (or Chomsky completists), several relatively obscure interviews contained in the volume prove profitable in their own right, moving beyond the illumination of Chomsky’s intellectual roots to tackle pressing questions in the discourse of contemporary anarchism. The item Chomsky on anarchism, Noam Chomsky selected and edited by Barry Pateman represents a specific, individual, material embodiment. In these essays, Chomsky redeems one of the most maligned ideologies, anarchism, and places it at the foundation of his political thinking. Chomsky on Anarchism neatly dodges this charge by delving into a canon spanning five decades, tracing a string of foundational texts and interviews which outlay the hinted-at–but rarely cited–role of anarchist philosophy as a starting point for his seminal political and social narratives. ![]() ![]() ![]() As tall as the figure of Noam Chomsky stands in the tradition of Western political activism and the counterculture at large, recent releases have met with criticism in some quarters on the grounds that they contribute little more than the rehashing of spent critiques. ![]()
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