Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Chomsky

Noam Chomsky, the linguistic professor who has become one of the most outspoken critics of US foreign policy, has won a poll that names him as the world's top public intellectual.

Here is the top five from the poll:

1. Noam Chomsky
Linguistics expert and critic of US foreign policy.

2. Umberto Eco
Italian writer and academic.

3. Richard Dawkins
Oxford professor of public understanding of science.

4. Vaclav Havel
Playwright and leader of Czech velvet revolution.

5. Christopher Hitchens
Journalist, author, pro-Iraq war polemicist.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Sorry, I know that this "Top whatever" or "The best of..." are anoying what I didn't have anything more to post that day! No worries, I'll replace it with a bio of Chomsky, with all his lights and shadows.

CT