In 1995, Robert Barsky met with Noam Chomsky to discuss hiswork-in-progress, NoamChomsky: A Life ofDissent (MIT Press, 1997). Chomsky told Barsky that he shouldfocus his attentioninstead on midcentury linguist and activist Zellig Harris,who was, Chomsky modestly insisted, moreinteresting than Chomsky himself.Intrigued, Barsky began to research Harris (1909--1992) anddiscovered thestory of a major figure in American intellectual life "sitting in acorner in themiddle of the room" -- partof crucial twentieth-century conversations about language, technology,labor,politics, and Zionism. The intersecting worlds of Harris's intellectualand politicalactivities were populated by such figures as Louis Brandeis,Albert Einstein, Franz Boas, NathanGlazer, and Chomsky. Barskydescribes Harris's work in language studies, andhis pioneering ideasabout discourse analysis, structural linguistics, andinformation representation. He also discussesHarris's part in the pre-1948Zionist movement -- ;when many Jews on the Leftenvisioned a socialistPalestine that would be a haven not only for persecutedJews but also for disenfranchised Arabs andanyone seeking a sanctuary againstoppression -- ;and recounts Harris's debates on the subjectwithBrandeis, Einstein, and a large group of students involved with a Zionistorganization calledAvukah. And Barsky describes Harris's views oncapitalism, worker-owner relations, and workerself-management, the legacy ofwhich can be found in some of his students' writings, notably thoseofSeymour Melman. Barsky shows how Harris, as mentor, teacher, and colleague,powerfully influencedfigures who came to dominate the twentieth century'spolitical discussion -- ;thinkers as differentas Noam Chomsky and NathanGlazer.
Robert F. Barsky is Professor of English, French, European,and Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of NoamChomsky: A Life of Dissent (1997, 1998)and The Chomsky Effect: A Radical Works Beyond the Ivory Tower(2007, 2009), both published by the MIT Press.
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