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Philosophy & Religion
The Responsibility of Intellectuals, Redux
Video of an Ideas Matter event held at MIT on September 22, 2011
September 22, 2011
Sep 22, 2011
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Video of an Ideas Matter event held at MIT on September 22, 2011
In 1967, as the Vietnam War escalated, Noam Chomsky penned “The Responsibility of Intellectuals,” a stunning rebuke to scientists and scholars for their subservience to political power. Today we face a similar array of crises, from wars to escalating debt. What are the obligations of intellectuals in this day and age?
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September 22, 2011
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