Noam Chomsky bibliography and filmography

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This is a list of writings published by the American author Noam Chomsky.

General

(2006). The Chomsky-Foucault Debate: On Human Nature (with Michel Foucault). New York: The New Press, distributed by W.W. Norton.

(2014). The Quotable Chomsky. Roodepoort: Rodney Ulyate. ASIN B00L6KXB3G.

(2015). What Kind of Creatures Are We?. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0231175968.

Linguistics

See a full bibliography on Chomsky's MIT homepage.

— (1951). Morphophonemics of Modern Hebrew (Master's thesis). University of Pennsylvania.

— (Sep 1953). "Systems of Syntactic Analysis" (PDF). The Journal of Symbolic Logic. 18 (3): 242–256. doi:10.2307/2267409.

— (Jan 1955). "Logical Syntax and Semantics: Their Linguistic Relevance" (PDF). Language. 31 (1): 36–45. doi:10.2307/410891.

(1955). Logical Structure of Linguistic Theory. (A typescript Chomsky wrote in preparation for his PhD thesis, including hand-written notes made in preparation for the 1975 book, is available as a 149 MiB, 919 page PDF.)

— (Jun 1955). Transformational Analysis (Ph.D.). University of Pennsylvania.

—; Halle, Morris; Lukoff, Fred (11 October 1956). "On Accent and Juncture in English". In Halle, Morris; Lunt, Horace; McLean, Hugh; van Schooneveld, Cornelis. For Roman Jakobson. Essays on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday. The Hague: Mouton. pp. 65–80.

— (1956). "Three models for the description of language" (PDF). IRE Transactions on Information Theory (PGIT). 2: 113–124. doi:10.1109/tit.1956.1056813.

— (1957). Syntactic Structures. The Hague: Mouton. ISBN 3-11-017279-8.

—; George A. Miller (1957). Pattern Conception (Technical report). ASTIA. Document AD110076.

—; George A. Miller (1958). "Finite State Languages" (PDF). Inform. and Control. 1: 91–112. doi:10.1016/s0019-9958(58)90082-2.

— (1959). "On Certain Formal Properties of Grammars" (PDF). Information and Control. 2: 137–167. doi:10.1016/s0019-9958(59)90362-6.

— (1959). "A Note on Phrase Structure Grammars" (PDF). Information and Control. 2: 393–395. doi:10.1016/s0019-9958(59)80017-6.

— (1961). "On the Notion ``Rule of Grammar". Proc. 12th Symp. Applied Math. Am. Math. Soc. pp. 6–24. — Proceedings as E-Book

— (1962). Context-Free Grammars and Pushdown Storage (Technical report). M.I.T. Research Laboratory of Electronics. 65.

— (1962). "The Logical Basis for Linguistic Theory". Proc. 9th Int. Cong. Linguists Cambridge/MA.

—; George A. Miller (1962). "Introduction to the Formal Analysis of Natural Languages". In R.R. Bush and E. Galanter and R.D. Luce. Handbook of Mathematical Psychology. 2. Wiley. pp. 269–321.

—; Marcel-Paul Schützenberger (1963). P. Braffort and D. Hirschberg, ed. The algebraic theory of context free languages (PDF). Studies in Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics. North Holland. pp. 118–161.

— (1964). Current issues in linguistic theory. The Hague: Mouton.

— (1965). Aspects of the Theory of Syntax. Cambridge: The MIT Press. ISBN 0-262-53007-4.

— (1965). Cartesian Linguistics. New York: Harper and Row. (Reprint: — (1986). Cartesian Linguistics. A Chapter in the History of Rationalist Thought. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America. )

(1966). Topics in the Theory of Generative Grammar.

(1968) with Morris Halle. The Sound Pattern of English. New York: Harper & Row.

(1968). Language and Mind.

(1972). Studies on Semantics in Generative Grammar.

(1975). The Logical Structure of Linguistic Theory.

— (1975). Reflections on Language. New York: Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-394-49956-5.

(1977). Essays on Form and Interpretation.

(1979). Morphophonemics of Modern Hebrew.

(1980). Language and Learning: The Debate between Jean Piaget and Noam Chomsky (edited by Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini). Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

(1980). Rules and Representations.

(1981). Lectures on Government and Binding: The Pisa Lectures. Holland: Foris Publications. Reprint. 7th Edition. Berlin and New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 1993.

(1982). Some Concepts and Consequences of the Theory of Government and Binding.

(1982). Language and the Study of Mind.

(1982). Noam Chomsky on The Generative Enterprise, A discussion with Riny Huybregts and Henk van Riemsdijk.

(1984). Modular Approaches to the Study of the Mind.

(1986). Knowledge of Language: Its Nature, Origin, and Use.

(1986). Barriers. Linguistic Inquiry Monograph Thirteen. Cambridge, MA and London: The MIT Press.

(1987). Language in a Psychological Setting. Tokyo: Sophia University.

(1988). Language and Problems of Knowledge: The Managua Lectures. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.

(1988). Language and Politics. Montreal: Black Rose Books.

(1993). Language and Thought.

(1995). The Minimalist Program. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.

(1998). On Language.

(2000). New Horizons in the Study of Language and Mind.

(2000). The Architecture of Language (Mukherji, et al., eds.).

(2001). On Nature and Language (Adriana Belletti and Luigi Rizzi, ed.).

(2004). The Generative Enterprise Revisited: Discussions with Riny Huybregts, Henk van Riemsdijk, Naoki Fukui, and Mihoko Zushi, with a new foreword by Noam Chomsky. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.

(2009). Of Minds and Language: A Dialogue with Noam Chomsky in the Basque Country (edited by Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, Juan Uriagereka, and Pello Salaburu). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

(2012) with James McGilvray. The Science of Language. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-60240-3.

Politics

Some of the books are available for viewing online.

(1967) "The Responsibility of Intellectuals"

(1969) Perspectives on Vietnam [microform]

(1969) American Power and the New Mandarins New York: Pantheon. ISBN 978-0-14-021126-9

(1971) At War with Asia. New York: Pantheon. ISBN 978-0-00-632654-0

(1970) Two Essays on Cambodia. ISBN 978-0-9500300-6-7

(1971) Chomsky: Selected Readings. ISBN 978-0-19-437046-2

(1972) Problems of Knowledge and Freedom: The Russell Lectures. New York: Pantheon. ISBN 978-0-394-71815-6

(1972) The Pentagon Papers. Senator Gravel ed. vol. V. Critical Essays. Boston: Beacon Press; includes index to vol. I-IV of the Papers. With Howard Zinn.

(1973) For Reasons of State. New York: Pantheon. ISBN 978-0-00-211242-0

(1973) Counter-Revolutionary Violence – Bloodbaths in Fact & Propaganda (with Edward S. Herman). Andover, MA: Warner Modular. Module no. # 57.

(1974) Peace in the Middle East? Reflections on Justice and Nationhood. New York: Pantheon. ISBN 978-0-394-71248-2

(1976) Intellectuals and the State. ISBN 978-90-293-9671-4

(1978) Human Rights and American Foreign Policy. ISBN 978-0-85124-201-9

(1979) Language and Responsibility. New York: Pantheon. ISBN 978-0-85527-535-8

(1979) The Political Economy of Human Rights, Volume I: The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism (with Edward S. Herman) ISBN 0-85124-248-0 ISBN 0-89608-090-0

(1979) The Political Economy of Human Rights, Volume II: After the Cataclysm: Postwar Indochina and the Reconstruction of Imperial Ideology (with Edward Herman) ISBN 0-85124-272-3 ISBN 978-0896081000

(1982, 2003) Radical Priorities. Montréal: Black Rose, ISBN 0-919619-50-3; Stirling, Scotland: AK Press. Otero, C.P.

(1982) Superpowers in Collision: The Cold War Now (with Jonathan Steele and John Gittings). ISBN 978-0-14-022432-0

(1982) Towards a New Cold War: Essays on the Current Crisis and How We Got There. New York: Pantheon. ISBN 978-0-394-51873-2

(1983, 1999) The Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel, and the Palestinians. Boston: South End Press. ISBN 978-0-89608-601-2, ISBN 978-0-89608-187-1

(1985) Turning the Tide : U.S. intervention in Central America and the Struggle for Peace. Boston: South End Press. ISBN 978-0-89608-266-3

(1986) Pirates and Emperors: International Terrorism and the Real World. New York: Claremont Research and Publications. ISBN 0-685-17754-8

(1986) The Race to Destruction: Its Rational Basis. ISBN 978-0-85124-517-1

(1987) The Chomsky Reader. Peck, James (ed.). ISBN 0-394-75173-6 ISBN 978-0394751733

(1987) On Power and Ideology: The Managua Lectures. Boston: South End Press. ISBN 978-0-89608-289-2

(1987) Turning the Tide: the U.S. and Latin America. ISBN 978-0-89608-267-0

(1988) The Culture of Terrorism. Boston: South End Press. ISBN 978-0-89608-334-9

(1988) Language and Politics. Montréal: Black Rose. ISBN 978-0-921689-34-8

(1988, 2002) Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media. New York: Pantheon.(with Edward Herman) ISBN 0-375-71449-9.

(1989) Necessary Illusions. Boston: South End Press. ISBN 978-0-89608-366-0

(1991) Terrorizing the Neighborhood: American Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era. Stirling, Scotland: AK Press. ISBN 978-0-9627091-2-8

(1991) Deterring Democracy. Verso. ISBN 0-374-52349-5.

(1992) What Uncle Sam Really Wants. Berkeley: Odonian Press. ISBN 1-878825-01-1.

(1992) Chronicles of Dissent: Interviews with David Barsamian. Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press. ISBN 0-921586-24-8.

(1993) Letters from Lexington: Reflections on Propaganda. Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press.

(1993, 2003) The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many. Berkeley: Odonian Press. * 2003 edition by Pluto Press. ISBN 1-878825-03-8.

(1993) Rethinking Camelot: JFK, the Vietnam War, and U.S. Political Culture. Boston: South End Press. ISBN 978-0-89608-458-2.

(1993) World Order and Its Rules: Variations on Some Themes. West Belfast Economic for Mentation. ISBN 978-0-9521888-2-7

(1993) Year 501: The Conquest Continues. Boston: South End Press. ISBN 1-895431-62-X, ISBN 1-895431-63-8.

(1994) Keeping the Rabble in Line: Interviews with David Barsamian. Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press. ISBN 1-56751-032-9.

(1994) Secrets, Lies, and Democracy. Berkley: Odonian Press. ISBN 1-878825-04-6.

(1994) World Orders, Old and New. New York: Columbia University Press.

(1996) Class Warfare: Interviews with David Barsamian. Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press. ISBN 1-56751-092-2.

(1996,1997) Powers and Prospects: Reflections on Human Nature and the Social Order, Boston: South End Press, ISBN 0-89608-535-X /Perspectives on Power: Reflections on Human Nature and the Social Order, Montréal: Black Rose Press, ISBN 1-55164-048-1.

(1997) Class Warfare: Interviewed by David Barsamian. Vancouver: New Star Books. (collects the Common Courage books, "Keeping the Rabble in Line" and "Class Warfare")

(1997) Objectivity and Liberal Scholarship. Detroit: Red & Black. ISBN 978-0-93486-833-4.

(1997) The Cold War and the University. Co-authored with Ira Katznelson, Richard Lewontin, David Montgomery, Laura Nader, Richard Ohmann, Ray Siever, Immanuel Wallerstein, Howard Zinn. ISBN 1-56584-005-4.

(1997) Democracy in a Neoliberal Order: Doctrines and Reality. Cape Town: University of Cape Town.

(1997, 2002). Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda. Seven Stories Press. ISBN 1-58322-536-6. ISBN 1-58322-536-6.

(1998) The Common Good.

(1999) The Umbrella of US Power: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Contradictions of US Policy. Seven Stories Press. ISBN 978-1-888363-85-2

(1999) Latin America: From Colonization to Globalization. Ocean Press. ASIN B000LCC67M

(1999) Acts of Aggression: Policing "Rogue" States (with Edward Said)

(1999) The New Military Humanism: Lessons from Kosovo. Common Courage Press

(1999) Profit over People: Neoliberalism and Global Order. Seven Stories Press. ISBN 978-1-888363-82-1

(2000) A New Generation Draws the Line: Kosovo, East Timor and the Standards of the West. Verso Books. ISBN 1-85984-789-7

(2000) Rogue States: The Rule of Force in World Affairs. Cambridge: South End Press.

(2001) Propaganda and the Public Mind. South End Press. ISBN 978-0-89608-634-0

(2001) 9-11. Seven Stories Press. ISBN 1-58322-489-0

(2002) Chomsky on Democracy and Education (edited by C.P. Otero). Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-92632-4

(2002) Pirates and Emperors, Old and New: International Terrorism and the Real World. Pluto Press. ISBN 0-7453-1980-7

(2002) Peering into the Abyss of the Future. New Delhi: Institute of Social Sciences.

(2002) Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky. The New Press. ISBN 978-1-56584-703-3

(2003) Power and Terror: Post-9/11 Talks and Interviews. Seven Stories Press. ISBN 978-1-58322-590-5.

(2003) Middle East Illusions: Including Peace in the Middle East? Reflections on Justice and Nationhood. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 0-7425-2977-0

(2003) Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance. Metropolitan Books. (Part of the American Empire Project).

(2003) "Deep Concerns" (Znet article)

(2004) Chomsky on Miseducation (edited by Donaldo Macedo). Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.

(2004) Getting Haiti Right This Time: The U.S. and the Coup (with Amy Goodman and Paul Farmer). Common Courage Press. ISBN 1-56751-318-2

(2005) Chomsky on Anarchism (ed Barry Pateman). AK Press. ISBN 1-904859-20-8

(2005) Government in the Future. Seven Stories Press. ISBN 1-58322-685-0. Government in the future. Seven Stories Press. 2005. ISBN 1-58322-685-0. Text of the lecture given at the Poetry Center, New York, February 16, 1970.

(2005) Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World. Metropolitan Books. (Part of the American Empire Project). ISBN 0-8050-7967-X

(2005) A Hated Political Enemy: Allen Bell interviews Noam Chomsky (with Allen Bell). Victoria, BC: Flask. ISBN 978-0-9736853-0-5

(2006) Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy. Metropolitan Books. ISBN 0-8050-7912-2. ISBN 0-241-14323-3

(2006) Perilous Power. The Middle East and US Foreign Policy. Dialogues on Terror, Democracy, War, and Justice (with Gilbert Achcar) ISBN 1-59451-312-0

(2007) Interventions. City Lights. ISBN 0-87286-483-9. ISBN 978-0-87286-483-2

(2007) What We Say Goes: Conversations on US Power in a Changing World. ISBN 0-8050-8671-4

(2007) Inside Lebanon: Journey to A Shattered Land with Noam and Carol Chomsky (with A. J. Kfoury, et al.). New York: Monthly Review Press. ISBN 978-1-58367-153-5

(2008) The Essential Chomsky. Vintage. ISBN 978-1-59558-189-1

(2010) Hopes and Prospects. Haymarket Books. ISBN 978-1-931859-96-7

(2010) New World of Indigenous Resistance. City Lights Publishers. ISBN 978-0-87286-533-4

(2010) Making the Future: The Unipolar Imperial Moment. City Lights Publishers. ISBN 978-0-87286-537-2

(2010) Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians (with Ilan Pappé). Hamish Hamilton. ISBN 978-0-241-14506-7

(2011) Power and Terror: Conflict, Hegemony, and the Rule of Force. Boulder: Paradigm Publishers.

(2011) How the World Works. Berkeley: Soft Skull Press. (Compilation of What Uncle Sam Really Wants; The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many; Secrets, Lies and Democracy; and The Common Good.)

(2011) 9-11: Was There An Alternative? Seven Stories Press. ISBN 978-1-60980-343-8

(2011) A New Generation Draws the Line: Humanitarian Intervention and the "Responsibility to Protect" Today (expanded edition). Boulder: Paradigm Publishers.

(2012) Making the Future: Occupations, Interventions, Empire and Resistance. City Lights Publishers. ISBN 978-0-87286-537-2

(2012) Occupy (Occupied Media Pamphlet Series). New York, Zuccotti Park Press. ISBN 978-1-88451-901-7

(2012) Ilusionistas. Madrid: Irreverentes, 2012. ISBN 978-84-15353-46-1

(2013) Power Systems: Conversations on Global Democratic Uprisings and the New Challenges to U.S. Empire. Metropolitan Books. ISBN 9780805096156

(2013) Occupy: Reflections on Class War, Rebellion and Solidarity. Zuccotti Park Press. ISBN 9781884519253

(2013) Nuclear War and Environmental Catastrophe. New York: Seven Stories Press. ISBN 9781609804541

(2013) On Anarchism. New Press. ISBN 978-1595589101

(2013) with Andre Vltchek. On Western Terrorism: From Hiroshima to Drone Warfare. Pluto Press. ISBN 9780745333878

(2014) Masters of Mankind: Essays and Lectures, 1969-2013. Haymarket Books. ISBN 9781608463633

(2014) Democracy and Power: the Delhi Lectures. Open Book Publishers. ISBN 9781783740925

(2015) Because We Say So. City Lights Open Media. ISBN 9780872866577

(2016) Who Rules the World? Henry Holt and Co. ISBN 9781627793810

Biographies and general introductions

Barsky, Robert (1997). Noam Chomsky: A Life of Dissent. Cambridge: MIT Press. ISBN 0-262-52255-1. Retrieved 2006-09-05.

Barsky, Robert F. (2007). The Chomsky Effect: A Radical Works Beyond the Ivory Tower. Cambridge: MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-02624-6. Retrieved 2008-03-22.

Collins, John (2008). Chomsky: A Guide for the Perplexed. London: Continuum. ISBN 978-0-826-48663-9. Retrieved 2013-03-27.

Lyons, John (1970). Noam Chomsky (Modern Masters). New York: Viking Press. ISBN 0-670-01911-9.

McGilvray, James (2013). Chomsky: Language, Mind and Politics (2nd edition). Cambridge: Polity Press. ISBN 1-86189-269-1. Retrieved 2017-03-08.

Rai, Milan (1995). Chomsky's Politics. London: Verso. ISBN 978-1-859-84011-5. Retrieved 2013-03-27.

Smith, Neil; Allott, Nicholas (2016). Chomsky: Ideas and Ideals (3rd edition). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-44267-2. Retrieved 2017-03-08.

Sperlich, Wolfgang B. (2006). Noam Chomsky. London: Reaktion Books. ISBN 1-86189-269-1. Retrieved 2006-09-05.

Interviews

By Amy Goodman

Democracy Now! February 2, 2011: Noam Chomsky: "This is the Most Remarkable Regional Uprising that I Can Remember"

Democracy Now! April 3, 2009: US Expansion of Afghan Occupation, the Uses of NATO, and What Obama Should Do in Israel-Palestine

Democracy Now! February 26, 2008: Public speech in Massachusetts and interview with Amy Goodman: Noam Chomsky: "Why is Iraq Missing from 2008 Presidential Race?"

Democracy Now! with Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn

Democracy Now! November 27, 2007: on Mideast Peace

Democracy Now! September 13, 2011: "Noam Chomsky on the 9/11 Decade and the Assassination of Osama bin Laden: Was There an Alternative?"

Democracy Now! January 13, 2014: Noam on the Legacy of Ariel Sharon: Not Speaking Ill of the Dead "Impose a Vow of Silence"

Democracy Now! September 11, 2013 Chomsky Instead of "Illegal" Threat to Syria, U.S. Should Chemical Weapons Ban on All Nations

By Imagineer Magazine

Noam Chomsky on Somali and online piracy

By Maria Hinojosa

Noam Chomsky on America's Foreign Policy

By Peshawa Muhammed

Noam Chomsky on The US-Kurdish Relations and the Kurdish Question in Iraq

Noam Chomsky on Iraq and US Foreign Policy

By Andrew Marr

The Big Idea

By Big Think

Noam Chomsky On William Buckley, Iraq, Israel and the Global Power Dynamic

By David Barsamian (from Alternative Radio, published in book form)

Keeping the Rabble in Line (1994)

Class Warfare (1996)

The Common Good (1998)

Propaganda and the Public Mind (2001)

Imperial Ambitions: Conversations With Noam Chomsky On The Post-9/11 World (2005)

What We Say Goes: Conversations on U.S. Power in a Changing World (2007)

By Danilo Mandic (published copyleft by Datanews Editrice, Italy)

On Globalization, Iraq and Middle East Studies (2005)

On the NATO Bombing of Yugoslavia (2006)

By Harry Kreisler (host of the TV series "Conversations with History" by UC Berkley)

Activism, Anarchism, and Power (March 22, 2002) video

By Chris Steele

Z Magazine December 1, 2012: Struggles of the Past

Salon December 1, 2013: Noam Chomsky: America hates its poor

By others

See complete list of interviews here: chomsky.info

References

Noam Chomsky bibliography and filmography Wikipedia

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