Preface

Dissent

The Chomsky effect within and beyond the ivory tower

Resisting and reviling the Chomsky effect

Effective precursors: anarchists, cartesians, liberals and the radical left

Milieus

Just effects: Chomsky on law, ethics and human rights

Effective teaching: from catalyst to institute professor

Obfuscating the Chomsky effect: media, propaganda, and postmodern language studies

Literature, humor, and the effects of creative discourses

The effective "public" intellectual.