Chomsky's lover's quarrel with the world: range of books shows contentious linguist's keen social conscience. (Noam Chomsky)

National Catholic Reporter | September 20, 1996| | Copyright

Noam Chomsky is now 67. But at an age when many people are enjoying the ease of retirement, the world-renowned linguist and political commentator maintains his energetic work Historian Howard Zinn likes to add the qualifier when talking of Chomsky's work, "Noam Chomsky's latest book, as of this morning."

Chomsky made his international reputation by transforming the field of linguistics in the 1950s and `60s. He is one of the few intellectual giants of our time who has made the commitment to get involved with the demanding social and political realities of the day. An ...

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