Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies

'A superb polemicist who combines fluency of language with a formidable intellect.' Observer  'Must be read by everyone concerned with public affairs.' Edward Said
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        Born in Philadelphia,  Noam Chomsky  is an internationally acclaimed linguistics scholar, author, and political radical. A self-proclaimed anarchist, Chomsky has established an irreverence towards authority characterized by political activism. Currently a professor of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chomsky is the author of numerous books, including  Towards a New Cold War,   Turning the Tide,   The Culture of Terrorism,   Manufacturing Consent  (with E.S. Herman),  9-11,   Media Control,  and  Hegemony or Survival.  He lives in Boston. 
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