{"product_id":"9781620973646","title":"The Responsibility of Intellectuals","description":"\u003cb\u003eSelected by \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e as one of “14 nonfiction books you’ll want to read this fall”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFifty years after it first appeared, one of Noam Chomsky’s greatest essays will be published for the first time as a timely stand-alone book, with a new preface by the author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a nineteen-year-old undergraduate in 1947, Noam Chomsky was deeply affected by articles about the responsibility of intellectuals written by Dwight Macdonald, an editor of \u003cem\u003ePartisan Review\u003c\/em\u003e and then of \u003cem\u003ePolitics\u003c\/em\u003e. Twenty years later, as the Vietnam War was escalating, Chomsky turned to the question himself, noting that \"intellectuals are in a position to expose the lies of governments\" and to analyze their \"often hidden intentions.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e, Chomsky’s essay eviscerated the \"hypocritical moralism of the past\" (such as when Woodrow Wilson set out to teach Latin Americans \"the art of good government\") and exposed the shameful policies in Vietnam and the role of intellectuals in justifying it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlso included in this volume is the brilliant \u003cem\u003eThe Responsibility of Intellectuals Redux\u003c\/em\u003e, written on the tenth anniversary of 9\/11, which makes the case for using privilege to challenge the state. As relevant in 2017 as it was in 1967, \u003cem\u003eThe Responsibility of Intellectuals\u003c\/em\u003e reminds us that \"privilege yields opportunity and opportunity confers responsibilities.\" All of us have choices, even in desperate times.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47134426202352,"sku":"9781620973646","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781620973646_p0.jpg?v=1769904882","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781620973646","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}