Puffin Interview Series: Anthony F. Greco - 7/24/24

Dr. Joe Chuman interviews author Anthony F. Greco about his book, "Chomsky’s Challenge to American Power: A Guide for the Critical Reader". The discussion is followed by an audience Q&A.
This in-person, live-recorded interview took place at the Puffin Cultural Forum on July 24th, 2024 at 7:00PM.
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About Chomsky and the book:
Noam Chomsky is a pioneering scholar in the field of linguistics, but he is better known as a public intellectual: an iconoclastic, radical critic of US politics and foreign policy. Chomsky’s Challenge examines most of the major subjects Chomsky has dealt with in his nearly half century of intellectual activism-the Vietnam War, America’s broader international role (especially its interventions in the Third World), the structure of power in American politics, the role of the media and of intellectuals in forming public opinion, and American foreign policy in the post-Cold War world.
Chomsky is as controversial as he is influential. Admirers see him as a courageous teller of unpleasant truths about political power and those who wield it in the United States. Critics view him as a propagandist and ideologue who sees only black and white where there are multiple shades of gray. While Chomsky’s fans tend to view him uncritically, his critics often don’t take him seriously. Unlike any previous work, this book takes Chomsky seriously while treating him critically. The author gives Chomsky credit for valuable contributions to our understanding of the contemporary political world but spares no criticism of the serious deficiencies he sees in Chomsky’s political analyses.