Responsibility of Intellectuals

In one of his most famous essays, Noam Chomsky lays out the idea that intellectuals' relative privilege imbues them with greater responsibilityone that was to be the guiding principle of his intellectual life';Chomsky is a global phenomenon. . . . He may be the most widely read American voice on foreign policy on the planet.' The New York Times Book ReviewAs a nineteen-year-old undergraduate in 19...