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If they're able to involve themselves in issues that matter, they may change the distribution of power, to the detriment of those who are rich and privileged.--Noam ChomskyNoam Chomsky has been praised by the likes of Bono and Hugo Ch vez and attacked by the likes of Tom Wolfe and Alan Dershowitz. Groundbreaking linguist and outspoken political dissenter--voted most important public intellectual in the world today in a 2005 magazine poll--Chomsky inspires fanatical devotion and fierce vituperation. In The Chomsky Effect, Chomsky biographer Robert Barsky examines Chomsky's positions on a number of highly charged issues--Chomsky's signature issues, including Vietnam, Israel, East Timor, and his work in linguistics---that illustrate not only the Chomsky effect but also the Chomsky approach.Chomsky, writes Barsky, is an inspiration and a catalyst. Not just an analyst or advocate, he encourages people to become engaged--to be dangerous and challenge power and privilege. 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