The Chomsky Reader brings together for the first time the political thought of America's leading dissident intellectual - "aguably the most intellectual alive" (New York Times)

At the center of practically every major debate over America's role in the world, one finds Noam Chomsky's ideas - sometimes attacked, sometimes studiously ignored, but always a powerful presence.

Drawing from his published and unpublished work, The Chomsky Reader reveals the awesome range of this ever-critical mind - from global questions of war and peace to the most intricate questions of human intelligence, IQ, and creativity.

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in a lengthy interview with the editor, Chomsky discusses his thought in the context of his personal history.