{"product_id":"zellig-harris-from-american-linguistics-to-socialist-zionism","title":"Zellig Harris: From American Linguistics to Socialist Zionism","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe intersecting worlds of Zellig Harris  Noam Chomskys intellectual and political mentor. In 1995  Robert Barsky met with Noam Chomsky to discuss hiswork-in-progress  Noam Chomsky: A Life of Dissent (MIT Press  1997). Chomsky told Barsky that he shouldfocus his attention instead on midcentury linguist and activist Zellig Harris  who was  Chomsky modestly insisted  more interesting than Chomsky himself. Intrigued  Barsky began to research Harris (19091992) and discovered thestory of a major figure in American intellectual life \"sitting in a corner in the middle of the room\"part of crucial twentieth-century conversations about language  technology  labor  politics  and Zionism. The intersecting worlds of Harriss intellectualand political activities were populated by such figures as Louis Brandeis  Albert Einstein  Franz Boas  Nathan Glazer  and Chomsky. Barsky describes Harriss work in language studies  and his pioneering ideas about discourse analysis  structural linguistics  and information representation. He also discusses Harriss part in the pre-1948 Zionist movementwhen many Jews on the Left envisioned a socialist Palestine that would be a haven not only for persecuted Jews but also for disenfranchised Arabs and anyone seeking a sanctuary against oppressionand recounts Harriss debates on the subject with Brandeis  Einstein  and a large group of students involved with a Zionist organization called Avukah. And Barsky describes Harriss views on capitalism  worker-owner relations  and worker self-management  the legacy ofwhich can be found in some of his students writings  notably those of Seymour Melman. Barsky shows how Harris  as mentor  teacher  and colleague  powerfully influenced figures who came to dominate the twentieth centurys political discussion; thinkers as different as Noam Chomsky and Nathan Glazer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44968167931957,"sku":"ByrdShop_0262015269","price":59.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780262015264_ebc768b4-19e3-4717-a0b7-e3a4b7ff6b5e.jpg?v=1770648120","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/zellig-harris-from-american-linguistics-to-socialist-zionism","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}