Intellectuals and the Responsibilities of Public Life

Noam Chomsky; Robert Borofsky

doi:10.4324/9780203863688-78

Intellectuals and the Responsibilities of Public Life

Noam Chomsky, Robert Borofsky

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Robert Borofsky: You write, in Powers and Prospects, that “the responsibility of a writer as a moral agent is to try to bring the truth about matters of human significance to an audience that can do something about them.” Would you generalize that to intellectuals and academics more generally or not?.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Handbook of Public Pedagogy
Subtitle of host publication	Education and Learning beyond Schooling
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	576-583
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781135184193
ISBN (Print)	9781135002480
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203863688-78
State	Published - Jan 1 2010
Externally published	Yes

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