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Title: Objectivity and Liberal Scholarship by Noam Chomsky ISBN: 1-56584-858-6 Publisher: New Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95

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Average Customer Rating: 3 (2 reviews)

Rating: 2
Summary: Chomsky critiques scholars of Vietnam and Spanish anarchism
Comment: This is the first chapter from Chomsky's first political book, 'American Power and the New Mandarins.' Why did the New Press decide to break out this chapter and print it as a stand-alone book? I have no idea.

'Objectivity and Liberal Scholarship' is divided into two sections: US foreign policy in Asia in the 1960s, and Spanish anarchism in the 1930s. Chomsky draws these two topics together by quoting scholars and journalists, showing their bias against popular revolutionary movements. He uses their own words to show their bias.

Chomsky's critique is fair. In the section on Spanish anarchism, he focuses on a book by Gabriel Jackson, but first he praises the book. He's showing that even in a book by a competent scholar --- someone who knows his subject very well --- the anti-revolutionary bias creeps in.

Although the facts in this book are valuable, I can't recommend it. It is, after all, a chapter from another Chomsky book. It certainly stands up on its own, but it feels too slight. I'd recommend 'American Power and the New Mandarins' instead. From there, you can read extended critiques of liberal scholars on Vietnam in Chomsky's 'For Reasons of State' and 'Towards a New Cold War.'

Rating: 4
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Comment: This outstanding essay is included in Chomsky's book American Power and the New Mandarins. Great as it is, I would recommend spending a few dollars more to get American Power and the New Mandarins which contain this same text as well as chapters on "the responsibility of intellectuals," "the revolutionary pacifism of A.J. Muste," "on resistance," and much else.

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