Plot Summary
This video focuses on the formative influences in Noam Chomsky's life--those factors which enable him to become a politically engaged intellectual. Starting out as a linguist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where his work revolutionized the study of language, Chomsky was radicalized by the 1960s anti-war movement and became a major critic of American policy. We learn about the important Jewish intellectual influences of his family, as well as those defining incidents in his early schooling that made a lasting impression.
Movie Details
- Original Title
- Noah Chomsky: Personal Influences
- Status
- released
- Original Language
- en
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Production Companies
Necessary Illusions Productions Inc.
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