{"product_id":"9781565848580","title":"Objectivity and Liberal Scholarship","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eObjectivity and Liberal Scholarship\u003c\/i\u003e is Chomsky’s powerful indictment of a liberal intelligentsia that provided self-serving arguments for war in Vietnam, legitimizing U.S. commitment to autocratic rule, to intervention in Asia and, ultimately, the “pacification” of millions. Over thirty years after their first printing, these are prophetic words, as today America effects “regime change” in Iraq and an increasingly boisterous militarism around the globe. Included here is Chomsky’s classic counter-analysis of the Spanish Civil War as a revolutionary war from below, as he lays bare the hostility of even liberal scholarly elites to engage in mass movements and social change, revealing not objectivity, but its opposite—the use of ideology to mask self-interest and obeisance to power. \u003ci\u003eObjectivity and Liberal Scholarship\u003c\/i\u003e is a crucial signpost of Chomsky’s searing contribution to our age, and an indispensable lens through which to consider mainstream punditry today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the fourth in a series of Chomsky’s classic political books reissued by The New Press. The others are \u003ci\u003eAmerican Power and the New Mandarins\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFor Reasons of State\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eProblems of Knowledge and Freedom.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030732325104,"sku":"9781565848580","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781565848580_p0.jpg?v=1763789834","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781565848580","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}