Noam Chomsky

This book illustrates the richness, depth and breadth of Chomsky's writing about human nature, science, politics and the media. Key contributions from leading experts on Chomsky demonstrate the ways in which his ideas and analysis bring a sharp focus and startling insight to our understanding of the human world.

They examine how Chomsky's works relate to fundamental debates in the social sciences generally, and contemporary political thought and practice in particular. Exploring his thinking as an activist, a scholar and someone with an unquenchable commitment to humanity and good science, it explains why it is time to sit up and take notice of how Chomsky has so successfully tackled the imponderables, the uncertainties, and the complexities of human social existence for well over fifty years, within a radical challenge to elitist and illegitimate power.

Dr Alison Edgley is Associate Professor in the School of Health Sciences at the University of Nottingham. She published The Social and Political Thought of Noam Chomsky in 2000.

Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Introduction; Alison Edgley
PART I: HISTORICAL CONTEXT
1. Chomsky and Religion; Ronald E Osborn
2. Chomsky and the Anarchist Tradition; Benjamin J Pauli
PART II: KEY WORKS
3. Human Nature and Universal Moral Grammar; Peter Wilkin
4. The Propaganda Model: Still Relevant Today?; Piers Robinson
PART III: THEMES AND DEBATES
5. Method, Methodology and politics; Alison Edgley
6. Chomsky vs Pinker on Human Nature and Politics; James McGilvray
PART IV: CONTEMPORARY RELEVANCE
7. How useful is a Propaganda Model for Screen Entertainment?; Matthew Alford
8. Chomsky and Revolution; Milan Rai
Reflections; Alison Edgley
Guide to Further Reading