The Responsibility of Intellectuals

Summary

The Responsibility of Intellectuals is a literary work^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• The Responsibility of Intellectuals authored Noam Chomsky^[3].
• The Responsibility of Intellectuals's instance of is recorded as literary work^[4].
• The Responsibility of Intellectuals's genre is recorded as essay^[5].
• The Responsibility of Intellectuals's language of work or name is recorded as English^[6].
• The Responsibility of Intellectuals's country of origin is recorded as United States^[7].
• The Responsibility of Intellectuals's publication date is recorded as +1967-02-23T00:00:00Z^[8].
• The Responsibility of Intellectuals's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/027p3b4^[9].
• The Responsibility of Intellectuals's has edition or translation is recorded as The Responsibility of Intellectuals^[10].
• The Responsibility of Intellectuals's main subject is recorded as opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War^[11].
• The Responsibility of Intellectuals's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 19200554^[12].
• The Responsibility of Intellectuals's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/The-Responsibility-of-Intellectuals^[13].
• The Responsibility of Intellectuals's published in is recorded as The New York Review of Books^[14].
• The Responsibility of Intellectuals's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Responsibility of Intellectuals'}^[15].
• The Responsibility of Intellectuals's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Twenty-years ago, Dwight Macdonald published a series of articles in Politics on the responsibility of peoples and, specifically, the responsibility of intellectuals. I read them as an undergraduate, in the years just after the war, and had occasion to read them again a few months ago. They seem to me to have lost none of their power or persuasiveness.'}^[16].
• The Responsibility of Intellectuals's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The question, “What have I done?” is one that we may well ask ourselves, as we read each day of fresh atrocities in Vietnam—as we create, or mouth, or tolerate the deceptions that will be used to justify the next defense of freedom.'}^[17].
• The Responsibility of Intellectuals's FantLab work ID is recorded as 1179579^[18].
• The Responsibility of Intellectuals's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 21978657^[19].

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Works and Contributions

The Responsibility of Intellectuals authored Noam Chomsky^[3].

Why It Matters

The Responsibility of Intellectuals ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[20]