Noam Chomsky bibliography and filmography

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

Books and articles by Chomsky

General

• (2006). The Chomsky–Foucault Debate: On Human Nature (with Michel Foucault). New York: The New Press, distributed by W.W. Norton.
• (2015). What Kind of Creatures Are We?. Columbia University Press. .

Linguistics

A full bibliography is available on Chomsky's MIT homepage.

• (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.)
• — Proceedings as E-Book
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• (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.
• (1971). The Case Against B.F. Skinner. New York Review of Books, December 30, 1971.
• (1972). Studies on Semantics in Generative Grammar.
• (1975). The Logical Structure of Linguistic Theory.
• (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. 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. .
• (2016) with Robert C. Berwick. Why only us? Language and Evolution. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.

Politics

Some of the books and articles 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.
• (1970) At War with Asia. New York: Pantheon.
• (1970) Two Essays on Cambodia.
• (1971) Chomsky: Selected Readings.
• (1972) Problems of Knowledge and Freedom: The Russell Lectures. New York: Pantheon.
• (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.
• (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.
• (1976) Intellectuals and the State.
• (1978) Human Rights and American Foreign Policy.
• (1979) Language and Responsibility. New York: Pantheon.
• (1979) The Political Economy of Human Rights, Volume I: The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism (with Edward S. Herman)
• (1979) The Political Economy of Human Rights, Volume II: After the Cataclysm: Postwar Indochina and the Reconstruction of Imperial Ideology (with Edward S. Herman)
• (1982, 2003) Radical Priorities. Montréal: Black Rose, {{Listed Invalid }}; Stirling, Scotland: AK Press. Otero, C.P.
• (1982) Superpowers in Collision: The Cold War Now (with Jonathan Steele and John Gittings).
• (1982) Towards a New Cold War: Essays on the Current Crisis and How We Got There. New York: Pantheon.
• (1983, 1999) The Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel, and the Palestinians. Boston: South End Press. ,
• (1985) Turning the Tide: U.S. intervention in Central America and the Struggle for Peace. Boston: South End Press.
• (1986) Pirates and Emperors: International Terrorism and the Real World. New York: Claremont Research and Publications.
• (1986) The Race to Destruction: Its Rational Basis.
• (1987) The Chomsky Reader. Peck, James (ed.).
• (1987) On Power and Ideology: The Managua Lectures. Boston: South End Press.
• (1987) Turning the Tide: the U.S. and Latin America.
• (1988) The Culture of Terrorism. Boston: South End Press.
• (1988) Language and Politics. Montréal: Black Rose.
• (1988, 2002) Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media. New York: Pantheon.(with Edward S. Herman) .
• (1989) Necessary Illusions. Boston: South End Press.
• (1991) Terrorizing the Neighborhood: American Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era. Stirling, Scotland: AK Press.
• (1991) Deterring Democracy. Verso. .
• (1992) What Uncle Sam Really Wants. Berkeley: Odonian Press. .
• (1992) Chronicles of Dissent: Interviews with David Barsamian. Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press. .
• (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. .
• (1993) Rethinking Camelot: JFK, the Vietnam War, and U.S. Political Culture. Boston: South End Press. .
• (1993) World Order and Its Rules: Variations on Some Themes. West Belfast Economic for Mentation.
• (1993) Year 501: The Conquest Continues. Boston: South End Press. , .
• (1994) Keeping the Rabble in Line: Interviews with David Barsamian. Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press. .
• (1994) Secrets, Lies, and Democracy. Berkley: Odonian Press. .
• (1994) World Orders, Old and New. New York: Columbia University Press.
• (1996) Class Warfare: Interviews with David Barsamian. Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press. .
• (1996,1997) Powers and Prospects: Reflections on Human Nature and the Social Order, Boston: South End Press, /Perspectives on Power: Reflections on Human Nature and the Social Order, Montréal: Black Rose Press, .
• (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. .
• (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. .
• (1997) Democracy in a Neoliberal Order: Doctrines and Reality. Cape Town: University of Cape Town.
• (1997, 2002). Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda. New York: Seven Stories Press. .
• (1998) The Common Good. Odonian Press. . .
• (1999) Latin America: From Colonization to Globalization. Ocean Press. ASIN B000LCC67M
• (1999) Acts of Aggression: Policing "Rogue" States (with Edward Said). New York: Seven Stories Press. .
• (1999) The New Military Humanism: Lessons from Kosovo. Common Courage Press
• (1999) Profit over People: Neoliberalism and Global Order. New York: Seven Stories Press. .
• (2000) A New Generation Draws the Line: Kosovo, East Timor and the Standards of the West. Verso Books.
• (2000) Rogue States: The Rule of Force in World Affairs. Cambridge: South End Press.
• (2001) Propaganda and the Public Mind. South End Press.
• (2001) 9-11. New York: Seven Stories Press. .
• (2002) The Umbrella of US Power: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Contradictions of US Policy. New York: Seven Stories Press. .
• (2002) Chomsky on Democracy and Education (edited by C.P. Otero). Routledge.
• (2002) Pirates and Emperors, Old and New: International Terrorism and the Real World. Pluto Press.
• (2002) Peering into the Abyss of the Future. New Delhi: Institute of Social Sciences.
• (2002) Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky. The New Press.
• (2003) Power and Terror: Post-9/11 Talks and Interviews. New York: Seven Stories Press. .
• (2003) Middle East Illusions: Including Peace in the Middle East? Reflections on Justice and Nationhood. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
• (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.
• (2005) Chomsky on Anarchism (ed Barry Pateman). AK Press.
• (2005) Government in the Future. New York: Seven Stories Press. .
• (2005) Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World. Metropolitan Books. (Part of the American Empire Project).
• (2005) A Hated Political Enemy: Allen Bell interviews Noam Chomsky (with Allen Bell). Victoria, BC: Flask.
• (2006) Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy. Metropolitan Books. .
• (2006) Perilous Power. The Middle East and US Foreign Policy. Dialogues on Terror, Democracy, War, and Justice (with Gilbert Achcar)
• (2007) Interventions. City Lights. .
• (2007) What We Say Goes: Conversations on US Power in a Changing World.
• (2007) Inside Lebanon: Journey to A Shattered Land with Noam and Carol Chomsky (with A. J. Kfoury, et al.). New York: Monthly Review Press.
• (2008) The Essential Chomsky. Vintage.
• (2010) Hopes and Prospects. Haymarket Books.
• (2010) New World of Indigenous Resistance. City Lights Publishers.
• (2010) Making the Future: The Unipolar Imperial Moment. City Lights Publishers.
• (2010) Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians (with Ilan Pappé). Hamish Hamilton.
• (2011) "Crisis and Hope: Theirs and Ours" in Steven Best; Richard Kahn; Anthony J. Nocella II; Peter McLaren (eds.). The Global Industrial Complex: Systems of Domination. Rowman & Littlefield.
• (2011) Scorched Earth: Legacies of Chemical Warfare in Vietnam (by Fred A. Wilcox, introduction by Chomsky). New York: Seven Stories Press. .
• (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?. New York: Seven Stories Press. .
• (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.
• (2012) Occupy. (Occupied Media Pamphlet Series). New York, Zuccotti Park Press.
• (2012) Ilusionistas. Madrid: Irreverentes, 2012.
• (2013) Power Systems: Conversations on Global Democratic Uprisings and the New Challenges to U.S. Empire. Metropolitan Books.
• (2013) Occupy: Reflections on Class War, Rebellion and Solidarity. Zuccotti Park Press.
• (2013) Nuclear War and Environmental Catastrophe. New York: Seven Stories Press. .
• (2013) On Anarchism. New Press.
• (2013) with Andre Vltchek. On Western Terrorism: From Hiroshima to Drone Warfare. Pluto Press.
• (2014) Masters of Mankind: Essays and Lectures, 1969-2013. Haymarket Books.
• (2014) Democracy and Power: the Delhi Lectures. Open Book Publishers.
• (2015) Because We Say So. City Lights Open Media.
• (2015) On Palestine. (with Ilan Pappé). Haymarket Books
• (2016) Who Rules the World? Henry Holt and Co.
• (2017) Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power. New York: Seven Stories Press. .
• (2017) Optimism over Despair: On Capitalism, Empire, and Social Change (with C.J. Polychroniou). Penguin Press.
• (2017) Global Discontents: Conversations on the Rising Threats to Democracy (American Empire Project) (with David Barsamian). Penguin Press.
• (2018) Yugoslavia: Peace, War, and Dissolution (edited by Davor Džalto). PM Press.
• (2019) Internationalism or Extinction. Routledge.
• (2020) Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal: The Political Economy of Saving the Planet (with Robert Pollin) Verso Books.
• (2020) Chomsky for Activists (with Charles Derber, Suren Moodliar, Paul Shannon) Routledge,
• (2021) Consequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance (with Marv Waterstone) Haymarket Books.
• (2021) The Precipice: Neoliberalism, the Pandemic and Urgent Need for Radical Change (with C. J. Polychroniou) Haymarket Books. (paperback), (e-book), (hardback)
• (2022) The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power (with Vijay Prashad) The New Press.
• (2022) Notes on Resistance (interviews by David Barsamian) Haymarket Books,
• (2023) Illegitimate Authority, Facing the Challenges of Our Time (with C. J. Polychroniou). Penguin Press.
• (2024) On Cuba: Reflections on 70 Years of Revolution and Struggle (with Vijay Prashad). The New Press.
• (2024) The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World (with Nathan J. Robinson). Penguin Press.
• (2024) A Livable Future is Possible: Confronting the Threats to Our Survival (interviews with C. J. Polychroniou). Haymarket Books.

Interviews

By Amy Goodman

• Democracy Now! November 3, 2018 Noam Chomsky: Members of Migrant Caravan Are Fleeing from Misery & Horrors Created by the U.S.

• Democracy Now! March 02, 2015: Noam Chomsky: After Dangerous Proxy War, Keeping Ukraine Neutral Offers Path to Peace with Russia

• 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

• 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! 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

By Imagineer Magazine

• Noam Chomsky on Somali and online piracy

By Ubah Bulale (The Armchair Psychologist https://www.armchairpsych.com/)

Noam Chomsky interview

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 Berkeley)

• 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

• Complete list of interviews on chomsky.info

Filmography

• Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, Director: Mark Achbar and Peter Wintonick (1992)
• Rox #56 "Noam Chomsky" (1994)
• Last Party 2000, Director: Rebecca Chaiklin and Donovan Leitch (2001)
• Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times, Director: John Junkerman (2002)
• Distorted Morality – America's War On Terror?, Director: John Junkerman (2003)
• Noam Chomsky: Rebel Without a Pause (TV), Director: Will Pascoe (2003)
• The Corporation, Directors: Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott; Writer: Joel Bakan (2003)
• Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land, Directors: Sut Jhally and Bathsheba Ratzkoff (2004)
• On Power, Dissent and Racism: A discussion with Noam Chomsky, Journalist: Nicolas Rossier; Producers: Eli Choukri, Baraka Productions (2004)
• Chomsky was interviewed in the BBC documentary film The Power of Nightmares (2004)
• Lake of Fire, Director: Tony Kaye (2006)
• American Feud: A History of Conservatives and Liberals, Director: Richard Hall (2008)
• Chomsky & Cie, Director: Olivier Azam (out in 2008)
• An Inconvenient Tax, Director: Christopher P. Marshall (out in 2009)
• The Money Fix, Director: Alan Rosenblith (2009)
• Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space, Director: Denis Delestrac (2010)
• Article 12: Waking up in a surveillance society, Director: Juan Manuel Biaiñ (2010)
• In 2012, Chomsky performed a deadpan cameo role in MIT Gangnam Style, a parody of the Gangnam Style music video. Also known informally as "Chomsky Style"; the video was described as the "Best Gangnam Style Parody Yet" by The Huffington Post and it became a multi-million viewed "most popular" video on YouTube in its own right. (video link)
• Chomsky was interviewed in Scott Noble's documentary film The Power Principle (2012)
• Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?, Director: Michel Gondry (2013)
• We Are Many, Director: Amir Amirani (2014)
• Chomsky was interviewed in Boris Malagurski's documentary film The Weight of Chains 2 (2014)
• Requiem for the American Dream, a (2015) documentary features discourse and reflection with Noam Chomsky directed by Peter D. Hutchison, Kelly Nyks, and Jared P. Scott
• notes to eternity, a (2016) documentary featuring aspects of Chomsky's life and work in relation to the Israel-Palestine conflict, directed by Sarah Cordery
• The Brainwashing of My Dad (2016)
• PIIGS (2017)