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To: Bilow who wrote (11328)	11/23/2001 9:20:16 PM
From: bela_ghoulashi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Hmmm. "....a kick in the face." Sounds like Chomsky has a chip on his shoulder.

To: Bilow who wrote (11328)	11/24/2001 2:36:13 AM
From: Dennis O'Bell	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

I wouldn't put it past him... But in searching I didn't turn up any Indian links with his commentary. Is that Tehran Times credible? I did find this more nuanced view of what Indians think of Noam in this book review from early this year hindustantimes.com The great problem of Chomsky is precisely what appeals to his admirers: the simplicity of his arguments, bordering on the simplistic. There are few nuances, only some shades of grey, in Chomsky’s black and white landscape of American foreign policy. At the high point of the anti-Vietnam war protests, and even during the cold war, Chomsky’s views were fresh, idealistic and appealing even to academics in the Third World. But in an age where the realpolitik of national interest has overtaken even India’s foreign policy, Chomsky seems a bit out of date, even passé, and his writings no longer arouse the same intense passion that he did when international politics, at least in the developing world, had still not lost its innocence.

To: Bilow who wrote (11328)	11/24/2001 2:50:17 AM
From: KLP	Respond to of 281500

Re: Noam Chomsky's view of foreign affairs.....from his bio... emuseum.mnsu.edu >>>>>>>>>>>>>snip>>>>>>Chomsky has made his reputation in linguistics. He learned some of the historical principles of linguistics from his father, William, who was a Hebrew scholar. In fact, some of his early research, which he did for his Masters, was on the modern spoken Hebrew language. Among his many accomplishments, he is most famous for his work on generative grammar, which developed from his interest in modern logic and mathematical foundations. As a result, he applied it to the description of natural languages. As a student, Noam was heavily influenced by Zellig Harris, who was Professor of Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania. It was Chomsky’s sympathy to Harris’s political views that steered him toward work as a graduate student in linguistics. Noam has always been interested in politics, and it is said that politics has brought him into the linguistics field. His political tendencies toward socialism and anarchism are a result of what he calls "the radical Jewish community in New York." Since 1965 he has become one of the leading critics of U.S. foreign policy. He published a book of essays called American Power and the New Mandarins which is considered to be one of the most substantial arguments ever against American involvement in Vietnam<<<<<<<<<snip