01128nam a22001337a 4500 533249 533249 260505b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Korada, Pavan and Sen, Raj Shekhar 60371 What does intelligence excuse?: Chomsky, Epstein, and the ‘necessary illusions’ of the intellectual class Economic & Political Weekly 61(16), Apr 18, 2026: p.13-17 Noam Chomsky’s repeated ties to Jeffrey Epstein challenge his moral authority. Chomsky’s defence—which relies on legal formalism and a “clean slate”—contradicts his lifelong critique of systemic power. He fails to recognise the political nature of private predation due to a Cartesian rationalism that privileges abstract intellect over embodied suffering. The article proposes a “resource extraction” model for Chomsky’s legacy: retain his analytical tools but reject the intellectual bewitchment shielding the powerful from accountability. –Reproduced https://www.epw.in/journal/2026/16/commentary/what-does-intelligence-excuse.html Economic & Political Weekly AR 0 0 ddc 0 0 408419 IIPA IIPA 2026-05-05 61(16), Apr 18, 2026: p.13-17 AR138761 2026-05-05 AR