“The Responsibility of Intellectuals”: An Exchange

The following private correspondence took place after the publication of Noam Chomsky’s essay in the February 23 issue of The New York Review:

• George Steiner, reply by Noam Chomsky

Dear Professor Chomsky,

I write to express my admiration for your lucid and compelling essay in the New York Review of Books.

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