Noam Chomsky's prolific writings have made him one of the most-quoted educators in history--the only living writer on a most-cited list that includes Plato, Shakespeare, and Freud. Yet until now, no book has systematically offered Chomsky's influential writings on education. In Chomsky on MisEducation, Noam Chomsky encourages a larger understanding of our educational needs, starting with the changing role of schools today, and broadening our view of new models of public education. Chomsky weaves global technological change and the primacy of responsible media with the democratic role of schools and higher education. A truly democratic society, he argues, cannot thrive in a rapidly changing world unless our approach to education—formal and otherwise—is dramatically reformed. Chomsky's critique of how our current educational system "miseducates" students—and his prescriptions for change—are essential reading for teachers, parents, school administrators, activists, and anyone concerned about the future.
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Chomsky and Macedo provide a brilliant analysis of schooling that draws upon a language of critique and possibility that reclaims the notion of schooling as a public good and a democratic force. At a time when teachers, students, and public life in general are under assault by the juggernaut of commodification and capital accumulation, it is crucial that educators, parents, youth, and others be offered a language in which politics, power, justice, and social change become central to any notion of educational reform. Chomsky and Macedo's book fulfills this task with great courage and penetrating wisdom. This is a book that should be read by everyone interested in education and the crisis of democracy. (Giroux, Henry A. )
Judged in terms of power, range, novelty, and influence of his thought, Noam Chomsky is arguably the most important intellectual alive today. (New York Times Book Review )
[Chomsky] continues to challenge our assumptions long after other critics have gone to bed. He has become the foremost gadfly of our national conscience. (Christopher Lehmann-Haupt New York Times )
[Chomsky has] a proud defensive independence, a good plain writer's hatred of expert mystification, a doctrine of resistance which runs against the melioristic and participatory current of most contemporary intellectual life. . . . Such men are dangerous; the lack of them is disasterous. (New Statesman )
Chomsky's intellect continues to be provocative and liberating. (Boston Review )
Excellent book. (The Times Higher Education Supplement )
The first book to systematically offer all of this prolific writer and public intellectual's influential writings on education. (Education Week )
Chomsky on MisEducation is a helpful addition to the literature on critical, cultural, and educational analysis. (Apple, Michael W. Education Review )
Chomsky on MisEducation is a helpful addition to the literature on critical, cultural, and educational analysis. (Apple, Michael W. Education Review )
The collected essays are the work of a critical and independent mind and deserve a wide audience of educators and anyone concerned with the survival of democracy. (Mind, Culture, and Activity )
Judged in terms of power, range, novelty, and influence of his thought, Noam Chomsky is arguably the most important intellectual alive today. (New York Times Book Review )
[Chomsky] continues to challenge our assumptions long after other critics have gone to bed. He has become the foremost gadfly of our national conscience. (Christopher Lehmann-Haupt New York Times )
[Chomsky has] a proud defensive independence, a good plain writer's hatred of expert mystification, a doctrine of resistance which runs against the melioristic and participatory current of most contemporary intellectual life. . . . Such men are dangerous; the lack of them is disasterous. (New Statesman )
Chomsky's intellect continues to be provocative and liberating. (Boston Review )
Excellent book. (The Times Higher Education Supplement )
The first book to systematically offer all of this prolific writer and public intellectual's influential writings on education. (Education Week )
Chomsky on MisEducation is a helpful addition to the literature on critical, cultural, and educational analysis. (Apple, Michael W. Education Review )
Chomsky on MisEducation is a helpful addition to the literature on critical, cultural, and educational analysis. (Apple, Michael W. Education Review )
The collected essays are the work of a critical and independent mind and deserve a wide audience of educators and anyone concerned with the survival of democracy. (Mind, Culture, and Activity )
About the Author
Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is the author of more than 80 books. He lives in Lexington, Massachusetts. Donaldo Macedo is professor of English and Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Education at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is the author of many books, including Literacies of Power and the forthcoming Ideology Matters, coauthored with Paulo Freire.
Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is the author of more than 80 books. He lives in Lexington, Massachusetts.
Donaldo Macedo is professor of English and Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Education at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is the author of many books, including Literacies of Power and the forthcoming Ideology Matters, coauthored with Paulo Freire.
Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is the author of more than 80 books. He lives in Lexington, Massachusetts.
Donaldo Macedo is professor of English and Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Education at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is the author of many books, including Literacies of Power and the forthcoming Ideology Matters, coauthored with Paulo Freire.
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Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston. A member of the American Academy of Science, he has published widely in both linguistics and current affairs. His books include At War with Asia, Towards a New Cold War, Fateful Triangle: The U. S., Israel and the Palestinians, Necessary Illusions, Hegemony or Survival, Deterring Democracy, Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy and Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media.
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33 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A disappointment, but not really surprising,
By Duncan Mitchel (Bloomington, IN USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Chomsky on Mis-Education (Critical Perspectives Series: A Book Series Dedicated to Paulo Freire) (Hardcover)
I hate to say it, but this book disappointed me, as a consumer. Be warned, if you have read much Chomsky before, that very little in this book will be new to you, or is unavailable elsewhere, and very little bears on education, mis- or otherwise.The first chapter is a brief, and I do mean brief, interview of Chomsky by the book's editor, Donaldo Macedo...It does address educational issues, and is interesting except for Chomsky calling Macedo's expressed doubts about claims to objectivity -- Chomsky dismisses this as "postmodernism," which is not only ridiculous but shows one place where the Master jumps on a trendy bandwagon, using "postmodernism" as a term of abuse the way many people use, say, "Political Correctness." Chapter 2 is a long chapter from Chomsky's 1989 book Necessary Illusions, with some minimal updating in the footnotes. It's a good chapter, and I didn't mind rereading it, but its bearing on education is extremely indirect: it's simply an example of Chomsky's trademark dissection of media/government collusion and lies. Chapter 3 was delivered as a lecture in South Africa in 1997, originally published there and in the Boston radical magazine Z. It's a good article, analyzing and documenting myths of "free trade" and "free markets." But education? Nope. Finally, chapter 4 is a transcription of a TV "debate" from the 1980s between Chomsky and the notorious John Silber, then president of Boston University. It's about aid to the contras, the US proxy army against the Sandinistas. This has been excerpted in the documentary Manufacturing Consent. It makes interesting reading now, and it's mildly entertaining to observe a demented and delusional Silber accusing Chomsky of monopolizing the US media on Central American issues. But what does it have to do with education? The overwhelming bulk of the book, then, has nothing to do with its ostensible topic. Especially if you're new to reading Chomsky, it's not a waste of time to read, but it's not worth your money. If you are curious about Chomsky, get The Chomsky Reader, which as I recall has more material about education than this book does. Shame on Rowman and Littlefield.
23 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
It wasn't about education,
By Gabriella (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Chomsky on Mis-Education (Critical Perspectives Series: A Book Series Dedicated to Paulo Freire) (Hardcover)
I wish I could have given this book more stars. I admire Chomsky on many different levels and I was very excited to see this book. I am a teacher as is my husband and we feel there are a lot of anti-teacher, anti-public education, anti-students, etc. attitudes facing us, and we feel many are instigated by the corporate attack on the U.S. We thought, "Great! If there is anyone who can break these issues down and do them justice, it's Chomsky." Unfortunately, like the previous reviews stated, he relied on what he knows best which, as always, is well-argued and very peruasive. Yet, education in the U.S. didn't really fit into the big picture. We are disappointed that we bought a book that we have read before (a pastiche of earlier books). I am very let down that there was no exploration of the current state of education. Any analysis of U.S. education would have been nice. The title is deceptive and I am hurt that he didn't write about an issue that hits close to home for me.
18 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
this is chomsky,
By Jose Berlin (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Chomsky on Mis-Education (Critical Perspectives Series: A Book Series Dedicated to Paulo Freire) (Hardcover)
It would not be in the spirit of the book or Chomsky's views if I called him the greatest living American intellectual. He would ask what that means, and perhaps deny that he is.If one disregards for a moment his thoughtful political activism and his watershed work in lingustics, Chomsky is still one of the most insightful thinkers I have ever come across. In this book, he turns his attention to the way we learn. He concerns himself with the whole learning process, the education system, its flaws. He exposes them with wit and eloquence. Chomsky, as ever, writes without condescension and without pretension. Even if you disagree with his thoughts, you cannot deny his sheer intellect, his astounding command facts, and his unwavering determination to be clear. As always I'm amazed at his abilities as a scholar and his ability to dissect major probles in our country. This book, as any book, by Chomsky is definitely important. (A note: This book is published by Rowman & Littlefield; they have accomplished to be a respected publisher of alternative views in academia. Almost anything they publish is important.)
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