“The world is too complex for history to repeat, but there are nevertheless lessons to keep in mind. There is no shortage of tasks for those who choose the vocation of critical intellectuals, whatever their station in life. They can seek to sweep away the mists of carefully contrived illusion and rev…”— Noam Chomsky, chomsky.infoTagged: Intellectuals
“I am just old enough to remember those chilling and ominous days of Germany’s descent from decency to Nazi barbarism, to borrow the words of the distinguished scholar of German history Fritz Stern. He tells us that he has the future of the United States in mind when he reviews ‘a historic process in…”— Noam Chomsky, chomsky.infoTagged: The Seduction of Unreason, Fitz Stern, Germany, Unreason