Larissa macfarquhar noam chomsky documentary

Larissa MacFarquhar profiles the legendary political theorist and M.I.T..

Revisit Larissa MacFarquhar's 2003 Profile of Noam Chomsky, the legendary political theorist and M.I.T.

  • This week in the magazine, in "The Devil's Accountant," Larissa MacFarquhar profiles Noam Chomsky, the prominent political dissident and M.I.T.
  • Larissa MacFarquhar profiles the legendary political theorist and M.I.T.
  • Avram Noam Chomsky is an American professor and public intellectual known for his work in linguistics, political activism, and social criticism.
  • In their dialogue, Larissa and Tyler discuss the thinking and thinkers behind her profiles, essays, and books, including notions of moral luck, exit vs voice.

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    Near the front of the The Chomsky Reader, there’s a long interview of the man by the volume’s editor, James Peck. It begins and concludes with answers from Chomsky that are almost too good to be true from the perspective of confirming my distaste for him, though one has to assume that he and Peck perceived the answers differently than I do.

    “You’ve rarely written much on the kinds of experiences that led to your politics,” begins Peck, “even though, it seems to me, they may have been deeply formed and influenced by your background.” Chomsky responds: “No.

    I’ve not thought about it a great deal.”

    They continue, with Peck asking whether there are any particular works of literature that influenced him. “Of course there have been,” says Chomsky, “but it is true that I rarely write about these matters.

    I am not writing about myself, and these matters don’t seem particularly pertinent to the topics I am addressing. There are things that I resonate to when I